lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity; fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom)
trad. 養虎為患
Also written 養虎為患【yǎng hǔ wéi huàn】
Characters in this word
4养
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to raise (animals), to bring up (children), to keep (pets), to support, to give birth
- Pinyin
- yǎng
- Traditional
- 養
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 3496 of 2500
虎
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tiger, CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- hǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10628 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
患
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to suffer (from illness), to contract (a disease), misfortune, trouble, danger, worry
- Pinyin
- huàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 9694 of 2500