created sense approved 请神容易送神难/請神容易送神難 · qǐngshénróngyìsòngshénnán · easier to invite a devil than to expel him — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
请神容易送神难 / 請神容易送神難
qǐngshénróngyìsòngshénnán
easier to invite a devil than to expel him
It is easy to invite a troublesome person to help, but very difficult to get rid of them afterwards; stuck with an unwanted guest, employee, or partner.
请 (literal) → 请/請 · qǐng · to invite 神 (literal) → 神 · shén · god 容易 (literal) → 容易 · róngyì · easy 送 (literal) → 送 · sòng · to see off 神 (literal) → 神 · shén · god 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition