引水入墙 — Chinese idiom
引水入墙
yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng
Traditional: 引水入牆
Meaning
- lit. to lead the water through the wall
- to ask for trouble
Character by character
- 引yǐnto pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
- 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 墙qiángwall
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
- 引蛇出洞 yǐn shé chū dòng
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