我田引水

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
我 田 引 水
が
Grade: 6 		でん
Grade: 1 		いん
Grade: 2 		すい
Grade: 1
on'yomi goon on'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “drawing water to one's own rice paddy fields”.

Noun

我(が)田(でん)引(いん)水(すい) • (gaden'insui) 

  1. turning everything to one's own advantage
  2. to draw into one's own frame of logic

Korean

Hanja in this term
我田引水

Noun

我田引水 • (ajeoninsu) (hangeul 아전인수)

  1. hanja form? of 아전인수 (“interpreting a situation solely to one's advantage”)
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