我田引水

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
でん
Grade: 1
いん
Grade: 2
すい
Grade: 1

Etymology

Literally: drawing water to one's own rice paddy fields

Noun

我田引水 (hiragana がでんいんすい, rōmaji gaden'insui)

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