东郭先生救狼，善恶不辨東郭先生救狼，善惡不辨東郭先生救狼，善惡不辨

Mr. Dongguo rescues a wolf: can't tell good from evil

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: Describes someone who foolishly shows kindness to a vicious person and cannot tell good people from bad. Critical; close to 'to nurse a viper in one's bosom'.

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Simplified: 东郭先生救狼，善恶不辨
Traditional (Taiwan): 東郭先生救狼，善惡不辨
Pinyin: Dōngguōxiānshēng jiù láng, shàn'è bú biàn
Bopomofo: ㄉㄨㄥㄍㄨㄛㄒㄧㄢㄕㄥㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄌㄤˊ，ㄕㄢˋ ㄜˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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