引狼入室

Chinese

		to lead; to divert (water); to guide	wolf	to enter someone's house or room; to gain mastery of
simp. and trad. (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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǐnlángrùshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄤˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyinlangruhshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lɑŋ³⁵ ʐu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǐnlángrùshǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄤˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄕˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyinlangruhshyy
  - IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lɑŋ³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁵ long⁴ jap⁶ sat¹
  - Yale: yáhn lòhng yahp sāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵ long⁴ jap⁹ sat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁵ long⁴ yeb⁶ sed¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³ lɔːŋ²¹ jɐp̚² sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

引狼入室

to bring trouble to oneself; to expose oneself to trouble.
- 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?

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