bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ

不入虎穴，焉得虎子 (bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”.

Meanings

  1. 1How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Characters in 不入虎穴，焉得虎子

不bù · no; not so入rù · to enter; to go into虎hǔ · tiger穴xué · cave焉yān · where得dé · to obtain虎hǔ · tiger子zǐ · son

Related words

不no; not so得to obtain得used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得to have to觉得to think that ...; to feel that ...孩子child不过only不要don't!; must not对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon不错correct记得to remember

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