都已经打草惊蛇了 去了也查不出来什么吧
“We've alerted them. We may find nothing.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们去白金瀚夜总会吧
“Let's go to the Platinum Palace.”
都已经 打草惊蛇 了 去了也 查不出来 什么 吧
“We've alerted them. We may find nothing.”
起码敲敲山震震虎
“At least we can scare them.”
“They know we are coming, so going there now is completely pointless.”
Chinese speakers frequently employ classical military stratagems like 'beating grass to alert the snake' to analyze tactical decisions in professional work.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
stir up the grass and alert the snake; tip off the enemy prematurely
A common four-character idiom used when an uncoordinated action inadvertently warns an adversary.
unable to find out / cannot uncover
A potential complement phrase indicating that investigation efforts will yield no result.
Softens the assertion into a tentative assumption seeking agreement or confirmation.
