This Chinese proverb has two clear meanings. 1) to punish someone as a warning to others. 2) to accidently alert an enemy so that they are now on guard.打草惊蛇 ​ ​ ​ dǎ​ cǎo jīng shéTo beat the grass to frighten the snakeThe first meaning of this proverb is the original meaning, however the proverbs meaning has devoloped since. This is a story about the how this proverb may have come about.A county magistrate named Wang Lu was very greedy...