打蛇不死，后患无穷 dǎ shé bù sǐ ， hòu huàn wú qióng

DEFINITIONS

  1. if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)

CHARACTERS

打 dǎ
HSK 1
strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
蛇 shé
HSK 5
snake
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
死 sǐ
HSK 4
die; dead; death
后 hòu
HSK 1
queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
患 huàn
HSK 6
suffer, worry about; suffering
无 wú
HSK 4
negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71
穷 qióng
HSK 4
poor, destitute, impoverished