不入虎穴，焉得虎子

Traditional form:

不入虎穴，焉得虎子

Pinyin (reading):

bùrùhǔxué,yāndéhǔzǐ

Definitions:

• How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 入 - to enter, to come in; to join
• 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
• 穴 - cave, den, hole
• 焉 - why? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 入 - to enter, to come in; to join
• 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
• 穴 - cave, den, hole
• 焉 - why? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then
• 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
• 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing