养痈贻患 (養癰貽患)
yǎng yōng yí huàn
Pinyin

Definition

养痈贻患 (養癰貽患)
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yǎng yōng yí huàn
  1. lit. to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom); tolerating budding evil can only lead to disaster
  2. to cherish a viper in one's bosom

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

患
huàn
  1. 1 to suffer (from illness)
  2. 2 to contract (a disease)
  3. 3 misfortune
  4. 4 trouble
  5. 5 danger
  6. 6 worry
患者
huàn zhě
  1. 1 patient
  2. 2 sufferer
人满为患
rén mǎn wéi huàn
  1. 1 packed with people
  2. 2 overcrowded
  3. 3 overpopulation
患儿
huàn ér
  1. 1 child victim of disaster or disease
  2. 2 afflicted child
患得患失
huàn dé huàn shī
  1. 1 to worry about personal gains and losses

Idioms (17)

不患寡而患不均
bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn
  1. 1 do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
内忧外患
nèi yōu wài huàn
  1. 1 internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
可共患难
kě gòng huàn nàn
  1. 1 to go through thick and thin together (idiom)
后患无穷
hòu huàn wú qióng
  1. 1 it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)
心腹之患
xīn fù zhī huàn
  1. 1 lit. calamity within one's bosom (idiom); major trouble hidden within