引水入墙
yǐn​shuǐ​rù​qiáng

to ask for trouble

  • created reference approved 引水入墙/引水入牆 → 开门揖盗/開門揖盜 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    引水入墙 / 引水入牆 yǐn​shuǐ​rù​qiáng

    开门揖盗 / 開門揖盜 kāi​mén​yī​dào

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 引水入墙/引水入牆 · yǐn​shuǐ​rù​qiáng · to ask for trouble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    引水入墙 / 引水入牆

    yǐn​shuǐ​rù​qiáng

    to ask for trouble

    (idiom) to invite disaster or trouble upon oneself, literally meaning "to lead water into one's own walls"

    引水 (literal) → 引水 · yǐn​shuǐ · to channel water 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to enter 墙 (literal) → 墙/牆 · qiáng · wall

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense