引狼入室 — Chinese idiom
引狼入室
yǐn láng rù shì
Meaning
- (lit.) to show the wolf into the house
- (fig.) to introduce a potential source of trouble
Character by character
- 引yǐnto pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
- 狼lángwolf
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 室shìhouse, home; room, chamber
Idioms sharing a character
- 引以为傲 yǐn yǐ wéi ào
- 引以为憾 yǐn yǐ wéi hàn
- 引以为戒 yǐn yǐ wéi jiè
- 引以为荣 yǐn yǐ wéi róng
- 引吭高歌 yǐn háng gāo gē
- 引水入墙 yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng
- 引狗入寨 yǐn gǒu rù zhài
- 引玉之砖 yǐn yù zhī zhuān
- 引经据典 yǐn jīng jù diǎn
- 引蛇出洞 yǐn shé chū dòng
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