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. 前門拒虎，後門進狼
Also written 前門拒虎，後門進狼【qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng】
Characters in this word
7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
拒
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to resist, to repel, to refuse
- Pinyin
- jù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 17020 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
进
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to go forward, to advance, to go in, to enter, to put in, to submit, to take in, to admit, (math.) base of a number system, classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
- Pinyin
- jìn
- Traditional
- 進
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 680 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