養蛇食雞
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Chinese[edit]
give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.) |
snake; serpent | eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
fowl; chicken | ||
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trad. (養蛇食雞/養蛇食鷄) | 養 | 蛇 | 食 | 雞/鷄 | |
simp. (养蛇食鸡) | 养 | 蛇 | 食 | 鸡 | |
Literally: “to raise a snake to eat the chickens”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
養蛇食雞
Synonyms[edit]
- 引狼入室 (yǐnlángrùshì)