dī yáng chù fān

Traditional: 羝羊觸藩

羝羊触藩 (dī yáng chù fān) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat
  2. 2without any way out of a dilemma
  3. 3trapped
  4. 4in an impossible situation

Characters in 羝羊触藩

羝dī · billy goat羊yáng · sheep; goat触chù · to touch藩fān · fence; hedge

Related words

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