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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 打草驚蛇 [ㄉㄚˇ ㄘㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄕㄜˊ; da3 cao3 jing1 she2]
 lit. beat the grass to scare the snake
 to inadvertently alert an enemy
 to punish sb as a warning to others (idiom)
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