[
[
[
dǎ
打
打
cǎo
草
草
jīng
惊
惊
shé
蛇
蛇
]
]
]
To beat the grass and unintentional frighten away the snake hidden there
A county magistrate in Tang Dynasty named Wang Lu takes bribes and ignores justice, plunders people's wealth, thereupon the subordinates imitate a lot. Someone wrote the petition with the private gaining and skulduggery of his secretary .He read and wrote eight characters on the petiton: although you cut her grass, my snake has been startled also.
This idiom is used to compare that act unclassified and alarm someone eles.
[
[
[
duì
对
对
níu
牛
牛
dàn
弹
弹
qín
琴
琴
]
]
]
To play the lute for a cow
[
[
[
tán
昙
昙
huā
花
花
yī
一
一
xiàn
现
现
]
]
]
To appear briefly like the broad-leaved epiphyll flower
[
[
[
tiān
天
天
yī
衣
衣
wú
无
无
fèng
缝
缝
]
]
]
A seamless heavenly robe
[
[
[
tù
兔
兔
sǐ
死
死
gǒu
狗
狗
pēng
烹
烹
]
]
]
trusted aids are eliminated when they finish their mission