引蛇入鳥岫

Chinese

		to lead; to divert (water); to guide	snake; serpent	to enter	bird's nest
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

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ín chôa li̍p chiáu-siū / ín chôa ji̍p chiáu-siū

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• 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/

Idiom

引蛇入鳥岫

1. (Southern Min) to bring bad people inside (which may cause trouble)