招風惹草
zhāo​fēng​rě​cǎo

to invite trouble

  • created sense approved 招风惹草/招風惹草 · zhāo​fēng​rě​cǎo · to invite trouble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    招风惹草 / 招風惹草

    zhāo​fēng​rě​cǎo

    to invite trouble

    (idiom) to provoke discord or bring trouble on oneself through reckless behavior

    招风 (literal) → 招风/招風 · zhāo​fēng · to attract trouble 惹 (literal) → 惹 · rě · to cause 草 (literal) → 草 · cǎo · grass

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

    created sense