引蛇出洞 — Chinese idiom
引蛇出洞
yǐn shé chū dòng
Meaning
- lit. to pull a snake from its hole
- to expose a malefactor
Character by character
- 引yǐnto pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
- 蛇shésnake
- 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 洞dòngcave, grotto, hole, ravine
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
- 引狼入室 yǐn láng rù shì
- 引玉之砖 yǐn yù zhī zhuān
- 引经据典 yǐn jīng jù diǎn
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