引 水 入 墙

yǐn shuǐ rù qiángdictionary entry

lit. to lead the water through the wall / to ask for trouble (idiom)

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

引水入牆引水入墙 [yin3 shui3 ru4 qiang2] /lit. to lead the water through the wall/to ask for trouble (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 引水入牆

引
yǐn
to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhàng], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
水
shuǐ
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[huì shuǐ] and 水性[shuǐ xìng]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment
Shuǐ
surname Shui / Shui ethnic group
入
rù
to enter / to go into / to join / to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[rù shí]) / abbr. for 入聲|入声[rù shēng] / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
墙
qiáng
wall (CL:面[miàn],堵[dǔ]) / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bèi qiáng])

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