势成骑虎

Traditional: 勢成騎虎

shì chéng qí hǔ

Dictionary entry

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

What does 势成骑虎 mean?

势成骑虎 (shì chéng qí hǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.

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

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势shìpower · influence 成Chéngsurname Cheng · short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]骑jì(Tw) saddle horse · mounted soldier 虎hǔtiger · CL:隻|只[zhi1]

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势成骑虎

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