不入虎穴，焉得虎子

bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ

Dictionary entry

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

What does 不入虎穴，焉得虎子 mean?

不入虎穴，焉得虎子 (bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

Character breakdown

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-入rùto enter; to go into · to join; to become a member of 虎hǔtiger · CL:隻|只[zhi1]穴xuécave · cavity 焉yānwhere · how 得déto obtain · to get 子zǐson · child

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How to pronounce 不入虎穴，焉得虎子

不入虎穴，焉得虎子

bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ

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