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不入虎穴，焉得虎子

Mandarin · pinyin bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ

Meanings

  1. How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
入
rù · enter, come in(to), join
虎
hǔ · tiger; brave, fierce; surname
穴
xué · cave, den, hole; Kangxi radical 116
焉
yān · thereupon, then; how? why? where?
得
dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire
子
zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
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bat1 jap6 fu2 jyut6 ，jin1 dak1 fu2 zi2

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不入虎穴，焉得虎子 · bu4 ru4 hu3 xue2 , yan1 de2 hu3 zi3
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Exact source record不入虎穴，焉得虎子 不入虎穴，焉得虎子 [bu4 ru4 hu3 xue2 , yan1 de2 hu3 zi3] /How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained./