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前門打虎，後門打狼
简 前门打虎，后门打狼 · 繁 前門打虎，後門打狼Mandarin · pinyin qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng
Meanings
- to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
Characters in this entry
- 前
- qián · in front, forward; preceding
- 門
- mén · gate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
- 打
- dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
- 虎
- hǔ · tiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 後
- hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
- 狼
- láng · wolf
- 门
- mén · gate, door, entrance, opening
- 后
- hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
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cin4 mun4 daa2 fu2 ，hau6 mun4 daa2 long4
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