東郭先生

东郭先生
Dōngguōxiānshēng

naive person who gets into trouble through being soft-hearted to evil people; person who helps someone without reckoning their ulterior intention, which ultimately backfires

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 東郭 Dōngguō two-character surname Dongguo
=2 先生 xiānsheng
  1. teacher
  2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
  3. husband
  4. (dialect) doctor

classifier: 位
=2 先生 xiānshēng
  1. (dialectal) traditional Chinese medicine physician
  2. (literal, Classical) one who was born earlier
  3. (literary) Taoist priest
  4. (literary) ancestor
  5. (literary) father and elder brother
  6. An honorific for adults, usually conferred on males: mister; sir; gentleman
  7. Taoist priest
  8. ancestor
  9. father and elder brother
  10. husband
  11. one who was born earlier
  12. traditional Chinese medicine physician