养痈遗患 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 養癰遺患 yǎngyōngyíhuàn ㄧㄤˇ ㄩㄥ ㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ 男 女 lit. to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom) tolerating budding evil can only lead to disaster to cherish a viper in one's bosom Character by character 养(yǎng)raise 痈(yōng)carbuncle 遗(yí)leave behind 患(huàn)suffer A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0