打蛇要打死,不死反被咬打蛇要打死,不死反被咬打蛇要打死,不死反被咬

if you hit a snake, kill it, or it will bite you instead

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Wipe out evil thoroughly or it will return to harm you. Similar to 'if you strike at a king, you must kill him'.

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Simplified: 打蛇要打死,不死反被咬
Pinyin: dǎ shé yào dǎsǐ,bù sǐ fǎn bèi yǎo
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄜˊ ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄙˇ,ㄅㄨˋ ㄙˇ ㄈㄢˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄧㄠˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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