Chinese word dictionary

开门揖盗

kāi mén yī dào · leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand

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Word information

Simplified开门揖盗

Traditional開門揖盜

Pinyinkāi mén yī dào

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

开kāi

to open; to start, to initiate, to begin

门mén

gate, door, entrance, opening

揖yī

to bow, to salute; to defer, to yield

盗dào

to rob, to steal; thief, bandit

How to learn 开门揖盗

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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开kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

开车kāichē

to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke

出门chūmén

to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married

打开dǎkāi

to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

开始kāishǐ

to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]

开学kāixué

(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin; (old) to found a school; the start of a new term