引贼过门
yǐn​zéi​guò​mén

to invite trouble

  • created sense approved 引贼过门/引賊過門 · yǐn​zéi​guò​mén · to invite trouble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    引贼过门 / 引賊過門

    yǐn​zéi​guò​mén

    to invite trouble

    to invite a thief through the door; to introduce a disaster or a person who will cause harm to one's own home or organization

    引 (literal) → 引 · yǐn · to lead 贼 (literal) → 贼/賊 · zéi · thief 过门 (literal) → 过门/過門 · guò​mén · to pass by

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

    created sense