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養蛇食雞. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring someone up; to raise (pig, etc.) |
snake; serpent
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eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
fowl; chicken
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| trad. (養蛇食雞/養蛇食鷄)
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養
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蛇
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食
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雞/鷄
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| simp. (养蛇食鸡)
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养
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蛇
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食
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鸡
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| Literally: “to raise a snake to eat the chickens”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
養蛇食雞
- (Hakka) to bring trouble to oneself by inviting an enemy
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