我田引水

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
我 田 引 水
が
Grade: 6 		でん
Grade: 1 		いん
Grade: 2 		すい
Grade: 1

Etymology

Literally: drawing water to one's own rice paddy fields

Noun

我(が)田(でん)引(いん)水(すい) • (gaden'insui) 

  1. turning everything to one's own advantage
  2. to draw into one's own frame of logic
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