虎口余生

Traditional: 虎口餘生

hǔ kǒu yú shēng

Dictionary entry

lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom)

What does 虎口余生 mean?

虎口余生 (hǔ kǒu yú shēng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom)

2fig. to narrowly escape death

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虎hǔtiger · CL:隻|只[zhi1]口kǒumouth · classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)余Yúsurname Yu 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur

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虎口余生

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