打蛇不死，后患无穷 in English da3 she2 bu4 si3 , hou4 huan4 wu2 qiong2 Meaning

Meanings

  • if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

打 蛇 不 死 ， 后 患 无 穷

Traditional Characters

打 蛇 不 死 ， 後 患 無 窮

Pinyin

da3 she2 bu4 si3 , hou4 huan4 wu2 qiong2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

打da3dozen (loanword) 蛇she2variant of 蛇[she2] 不bu4(negative prefix) 死si3to die ， 后hou4surname Hou 患huan4to suffer (from illness) 无wu2not to have 穷qiong2poor