舍不得孩子套不住狼 (捨不得孩子套不住狼)
shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng
Pinyin

Definition

舍不得孩子套不住狼 (捨不得孩子套不住狼)
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shě bù de hái zi tào bù zhù láng
  1. one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf (proverb)
  2. (fig.) one who is unwilling to take risks will not achieve great things

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
zhù
  1. 1 to live
  2. 2 to dwell
  3. 3 to stay
  4. 4 to reside
  5. 5 to stop
  6. 6 (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to gain
  4. 4 to catch (a disease)
  5. 5 proper
  6. 6 suitable
  7. 7 proud
  8. 8 contented
  9. 9 to allow
  10. 10 to permit
  11. 11 ready
  12. 12 finished
huò dé
  1. 1 to obtain
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to get
jué de
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to feel

Idioms (20)

一不做,二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)