引狼入室
yǐn láng rù shì
Pinyin
Definition
引狼入室
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- to show the wolf into the house (idiom)
- to introduce a potential source of trouble
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一拥而入
- 1 to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom)
上天入地
- 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
- 2 fig. to go to great lengths
- 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路,入地无门
- 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
- 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
- 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不安其室
- 1 to be discontented with one's home
- 2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)