Beat the snake seven inches(dǎ shé dǎ qī cùn)

Beat the snake seven inches

It means that we must grasp the main link in speaking and doing. Whenever the animal's spine is seriously injured, the spinal cord protected by the spine will also be seriously injured, and the communication between the nerve center and other parts of the body will be blocked. The closer the damage is to the head, the greater the impact. If you hit its tail, it has no effect on its life.

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Wang Youguang in the Qing Dynasty wrote "the snake has seven inches. It is under the head and above the abdomen. It is clear to look at and heavy to strike. The key point is to get it." The 14th chapter of the scholars by Wu Jingzi in Qing Dynasty: "I only want to have nothing to do, but I have to" beat the snake seven inches "to do things." example: but it's better to do things with "~", your husband, please make a decision. (Chapter 14 of scholars by Wu Jingzi in Qing Dynasty)

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Degree of common use: common idioms emotional color: neutral idioms idiom usage: complex sentence form; predicate, clause idiom structure: complex sentence idioms generation time: modern idioms

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Why do you want to hit "seven inches" when you hit a snake? You need to hit the key when you hit a snake. As the saying goes, "hit the snake seven inches", but some people say "hit the snake three inches". Although the statements are not quite the same, there is one thing in common here, that is, the fatal place to beat a snake. Maybe some people will ask, "well, just say" hitting the spine and vertebrae ". Why do we have to say" three inches "or" seven inches "? Because the "three inch" part of the spine is injured and broken, it will not be able to raise its head to bite you; while the "seven inch" part is where its heart is, once it is fatally injured, it will surely die. Of course, the "three inch" and "seven inch" are not the same for every snake, because the types and sizes of snakes are different. in fact, "seven inches" refers to a general part, which is actually the heart part of the snake. If the snake is less than seven inches, you should hit it according to its abdomen. The neck behind the snake's head is only three inches of that of the snake. After being beaten, the snake will only faint for a period of time, not really dead. Because the snake's head will be immediately ischemic after three inches, so it will temporarily faint for a period of time, but not very long, so it's best to hit the snake's abdomen.

Chinese PinYin : dǎ shé dǎ qī cùn