引蛇出洞

yǐn shé chū dòng

Dictionary entry

lit. to pull a snake from its hole

What does 引蛇出洞 mean?

引蛇出洞 (yǐn shé chū dòng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to pull a snake from its hole

2to expose a malefactor (idiom)

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引yǐnto draw (e.g. a bow) · to pull 蛇shévariant of 蛇[she2]出chūto go out; to come out · to arise; to occur 洞dòngcave · hole

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yǐn shé chū dòng

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