to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
trad. 前門打虎，後門打狼
Also written 前門打虎，後門打狼【qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng】
Characters in this word
6前
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front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly
- Pinyin
- qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 256 of 2500
门
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surname Men
- Pinyin
- Mén
- Traditional
- 門
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 909 of 2500
打
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(loanword) dozen, Taiwan pr. [da3]
- Pinyin
- dá
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 195 of 2500
虎
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tiger, CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- hǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10628 of 2500
后
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surname Hou
- Pinyin
- Hòu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 233 of 2500
狼
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wolf, CL:匹[pi3],隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- Pinyin
- láng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2419 of 2500