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开门揖盗

kāi mén yī dào

4-character word Traditional 開門揖盜

What 开门揖盗 means

1. leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand

The characters in 开门揖盗

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 门méngate; door; doorway; gateway; opening; valve; switch…
• 揖yīto greet by raising clasped hands
• 盗dàoto steal; to rob; to plunder

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