引狼入室

Chinese

		to lead; to divert (water); to guide	wolf	to enter someone's house or room; to gain mastery of
trad. (引狼入室)		引	狼	入室
simp. #(引狼入室)		引	狼	入室
Literally: “to lead a wolf to one's room”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnlángrùshì, yǐnlángrùshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄤˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄕˋ, ㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄤˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁵ long⁴ jap⁶ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnlángrùshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄤˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnlángrùshìh
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-lang²-ju⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: yǐn-láng-rù-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinlangruhshyh
    • Palladius: иньланжуши (inʹlanžuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ³⁵ ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnlángrùshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄤˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnlángrùshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-lang²-ju⁴-shih³
    • Yale: yǐn-láng-rù-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinlangruhshyy
    • Palladius: иньланжуши (inʹlanžuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑŋ³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁵ long⁴ jap⁶ sat¹
    • Yale: yáhn lòhng yahp sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵ long⁴ jap⁹ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁵ long⁴ yeb⁶ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³ lɔːŋ²¹ jɐp̚² sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

引狼入室

1. to bring trouble to oneself by inviting an enemy

   • 變法變得人心惶惶，怨聲載道。居然還找日本人當顧問。這不是引狼入室，請鬼來開藥方呢？ [MSC, trad.]
     变法变得人心惶惶，怨声载道。居然还找日本人当顾问。这不是引狼入室，请鬼来开药方呢？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: The Firmament of the Pleiades

     Biànfǎ biàndé rénxīn huánghuáng, yuànshēngzǎidào. Jūrán hái zhǎo rìběnrén dāng gùwèn. Zhè bùshì yǐnlángrùshì, qǐngguǐláikāiyàofāng ne? [Pinyin]

     The administrative reform has turned public sentiment into fright that hue and cry can be heard from every corner. Yet you went to extremes to get a Japanese to serve as your adviser? Isn't this an act of leading a wolf into your chamber, inviting a ghost to write for you a medication order?

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 捉隻老鼠入米缸／捉只老鼠入米缸
• (Hakka) 養蛇食雞／养蛇食鸡