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溫水煮青蛙

简温水煮青蛙 · 繁溫水煮青蛙

Mandarin · pinyin wēn shuǐ zhǔ qīng wā

(fig.) introducing change incrementally so that it arouses little resistance; gradual change that goes unnoticed until it's too late

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水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
煮: zhǔ · cook
青: qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174
蛙: wā · frog
温: wēn · lukewarm

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1–3–3–1–1 · wen1 shui3 zhu3 qing1 wa1

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noun

boiling frog

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