养虎遗患

Traditional: 養虎遺患

yǎng hǔ yí huàn

Dictionary entry

Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later

What does 养虎遗患 mean?

养虎遗患 (yǎng hǔ yí huàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later

2to cherish a snake in one's bosom

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养yǎngto raise (animals) · to bring up (children)虎hǔtiger · CL:隻|只[zhi1]遗yí(bound form) to leave behind 患huànto suffer (from illness) · to contract (a disease)

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