one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb); (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things
trad. 捨不得孩子套不住狼
Also written 捨不得孩子套不住狼【shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng】
Characters in this word
8舍
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to give up; to abandon, to give alms
- Pinyin
- shě
- Traditional
- 捨
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 21827 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
得
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to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), proper, suitable, proud, contented, to allow, to permit, ready, finished
- Pinyin
- dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 62 of 2500
孩
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(bound form) child
- Pinyin
- hái
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 48087 of 2500
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
- Pinyin
- zǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2170 of 2500
套
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to cover, to encase, cover, sheath, to overlap, to interleave, to model after, to copy, formula, harness, loop of rope, (fig.) to fish for, to obtain slyly, classifier for sets, collections, bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names), tau (Greek letter Ττ)
- Pinyin
- tào
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5858 of 2500
住
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to live; to reside; to stay, to stop; to cease, (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
- Pinyin
- zhù
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 283 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