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引狗入寨

yǐn gǒu rù zhài

4-character word

What 引狗入寨 means

1. lit. to lead the dog into the village (idiom)
2. fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble

The characters in 引狗入寨

• 引yǐnto draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth
• 狗gǒudog
• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时
• 寨zhàistronghold; stockade; camp

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