纵虎归山 (縱虎歸山)
zòng hǔ guī shān
Pinyin

Definition

纵虎归山 (縱虎歸山)
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zòng hǔ guī shān
  1. lit. to let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中山
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
人山人海
rén shān rén hǎi
  1. 1 multitude
  2. 2 vast crowd
佛山
Fó shān
  1. 1 Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong
冰山
bīng shān
  1. 1 iceberg
  2. 2 classifier: 座 zuò
唐山
Táng shān
  1. 1 Tangshan prefecture level city in Hebei

Idioms (20)

一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不识泰山
bù shí Tài Shān
  1. 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts