以免打草惊蛇
“to avoid tipping him off.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
很容易引起嫌疑人的警觉 我就采取那个暗地啊调查
“it could easily alert the suspect. I suggest we investigate covertly”
以免 打草惊蛇
“to avoid tipping him off.”
而且与鱼塘有关的嫌疑人呢 大概有六十多位
“As for suspects linked to the fishpond, there are about sixty.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Using classical four-character idioms like '打草惊蛇' concisely communicates tactical prudence in professional and investigative Chinese.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
in order to avoid; so as not to
A formal conjunction introducing an undesirable consequence that an action seeks to prevent.
to beat the grass and startle the snake; to inadvertently alert an adversary
A common idiom widely used in professional, strategic, and police contexts to warn against hasty actions.
