if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
trad. 勢成騎虎
Also written 勢成騎虎【shì chéng qí hǔ】
Characters in this word
4势
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power, influence, potential, momentum, tendency, trend, situation, conditions, outward appearance, sign, gesture, male genitals
- Pinyin
- shì
- Traditional
- 勢
- Strokes
- 8
成
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surname Cheng, short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- Pinyin
- Chéng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 677 of 2500
骑
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(Tw) saddle horse, mounted soldier
- Pinyin
- jì
- Traditional
- 騎
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 2736 of 2500
虎
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tiger, CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- hǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10628 of 2500