打蛇不死，後患無窮

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

dozen (loanword)

to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from

variant of 蛇[she2]

snake / serpent / CL:條|条[tiao2]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

to suffer (from illness) / to contract (a disease) / misfortune / trouble / danger / worry

not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)

endless / boundless / inexhaustible

poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly