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不入虎穴，焉得虎子

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

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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