养虎为患
Traditional form:
養虎為患
Pinyin (reading):
yǎnghǔwéihuàn
Definitions:
- lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity
- fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom)
Characters:
- 养 - to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
- 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 患 - suffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffer
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