开门揖盗

Traditional: 開門揖盜

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Dictionary entry

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

What does 开门揖盗 mean?

开门揖盗 (kāi mén yī dào) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

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开kāito open (transitive or intransitive) · (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 门Ménsurname Men 揖yīto greet by raising clasped hands 盗dàoto steal · to rob

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