qí hǔ nán xià

Traditional: 騎虎難下

骑虎难下 (qí hǔ nán xià) is a Chinese word meaning “if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway”.

Meanings

  1. 1if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway

Characters in 骑虎难下

骑jì · (Tw) saddle horse虎hǔ · tiger难nán · difficult (to...)下xià · down

Related words

下down一下(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try)下来to come down难difficult (to...)难disaster下去to go down难道don't tell me ...留下to leave behind下面below下面to boil noodles放下to lay down; to put down剩下to remain; to be left over

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