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温水煮青蛙

wēn shuǐ zhǔ qīng wā

5-character word Traditional 溫水煮青蛙

What 温水煮青蛙 means

1. (fig.) introducing change incrementally so that it arouses little resistance; gradual change that goes unnoticed until it's too late

The characters in 温水煮青蛙

• 温wēnwarm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 煮zhǔto cook; to boil
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 蛙wāfrog