養蛇食雞

Chinese

		give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring someone up; to raise (pig, etc.)	snake; serpent	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	fowl; chicken
trad. (養蛇食雞/養蛇食鷄)		養	蛇	食	雞/鷄
simp. (养蛇食鸡)		养	蛇	食	鸡
Literally: “to raise a snake to eat the chickens”.

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yông-sà-sṳ̍t-kiê

(Meixian, Guangdong): yong¹ sa² sed⁶ gê¹

Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông-sà-sṳ̍t-kiê
  - Hakka Romanization System: iong^ˊ sa^ˇ siid gie^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yong¹ sa² sid⁶ gie¹
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯oŋ²⁴ sa¹¹ sɨt̚⁵ ki̯e²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yông-sà-sṳ̍t-kiê
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iong^ˊ sa^ˇ siid gie^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yong¹ sa² sid⁶ gie¹
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯oŋ²⁴ sa¹¹ sɨt̚⁵ ki̯e²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yong¹ sa² sed⁶ gê¹
  - Sinological IPA: /iɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ sa¹¹ sət̚⁵ ke⁴⁴/

Idiom

養蛇食雞

(Hakka) to bring trouble to oneself by inviting an enemy

Synonyms

引狼入室 (yǐnlángrùshì)