引狼入室 yǐnlángrùshì to invite trouble Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 引狼入室 yǐnlángrùshì to invite trouble Literally "to lead a wolf into the house"; refers to bringing an enemy or a dangerous person into one's inner circle, thereby inviting disaster. Frequency Written text 0.295 per million Cross-References Synonym 开门揖盗 kāiményīdàoVariant of 引贼过门 yǐnzéiguòmén Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
引狼入室 yǐnlángrùshì to invite trouble Literally "to lead a wolf into the house"; refers to bringing an enemy or a dangerous person into one's inner circle, thereby inviting disaster. Frequency Written text 0.295 per million Cross-References Synonym 开门揖盗 kāiményīdàoVariant of 引贼过门 yǐnzéiguòmén Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
