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打蛇不死，反受其害
Mandarin · pinyin dǎ shé bù sǐ , fǎn shòu qí hài
Meanings
- (proverb) if you deal with a threat but fail to eliminate it, it may come back to harm you
- 打
- dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 反
- fǎn · reverse, opposite, contrary, anti
- 受
- shòu · receive, accept, get; bear, stand
- 其
- qí · his, her, its, their; that
- 害
- hài · injure, harm; destroy, kill
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