引蛇入鳥岫
Chinese
edit| to lead; to divert (water); to guide | snake; serpent | to enter | bird's nest | ||
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| trad. (引蛇入鳥岫) | 引 | 蛇 | 入 | 鳥岫 | |
| simp. (引蛇入鸟岫) | 引 | 蛇 | 入 | 鸟岫 | |
| Literally: “to invite a snake into a bird's nest”. | |||||
Pronunciation
edit- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ín chôa li̍p chiáu-siū / ín chôa ji̍p chiáu-siū
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín chôa li̍p chiáu-siū
- Tâi-lô: ín tsuâ li̍p tsiáu-siū
- Phofsit Daibuun: ien zoaa lip ciawsiu
- IPA (Xiamen): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua²⁴⁻²² lip̚⁴⁻³² t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /in⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴⁻²² lip̚²⁴⁻² t͡siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siu⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín chôa ji̍p chiáu-siū
- Tâi-lô: ín tsuâ ji̍p tsiáu-siū
- Phofsit Daibuun: ien zoaa jip ciawsiu
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua¹³⁻²² d͡zip̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
Idiom
edit引蛇入鳥岫
- (Southern Min) to bring bad people inside (which may cause trouble)