| 开门揖盗 |
kāi mén yī dào |
leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand |
| 开 |
kāi |
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format |
| 开门 |
kāi mén |
to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business |
| 门 |
Mén |
surname Men |
| 门 |
mén |
gate / door / CL:扇 / gateway / doorway / CL:个 / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 揖 |
yī |
to greet by raising clasped hands |
| 盗 |
dào |
to steal / to rob / to plunder / thief / bandit / robber |