開門揖盜

開門揖盜

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)	greet (by raising the joined hands)	steal; rob; plunder steal; rob; plunder; a thief; bandit; robber
trad. (開門揖盜)		開	門	揖	盜
simp. (开门揖盗)		开	门	揖	盗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāiményīdào

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄇㄣˊ ㄧ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ mun⁴ jap¹ dou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāiményīdào
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄇㄣˊ ㄧ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaimenidaw
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ mən³⁵ i⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ mun⁴ jap¹ dou⁶
    • Yale: hōi mùhn yāp douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ mun⁴ jap⁷ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ mun⁴ yeb¹ dou⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯⁵⁵ muːn²¹ jɐp̚⁵ tou̯²²/

Idiom

開門揖盜

1. assist in one's own destruction