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羊觸藩籬

简羊触藩篱 · 繁羊觸藩籬

Mandarin · pinyin yáng chù fān lí

lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經); impossible to advance or to retreat
without any way out of a dilemma
trapped
in an impossible situation

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羊: yáng · sheep, goat; Kangxi radical 123
觸: Look up this written character
藩: fān · fence; boundary; outlying border
籬: Look up this written character
触: chù · butt, ram, gore; touch
篱: lí · bamboo or wooden fence; hedge

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2–4–1–2 · yang2 chu4 fan1 li2

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