养虎伤身
Traditional form:
養虎傷身
Pinyin (reading):
yǎnghǔshāngshēn
Definitions:
- Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later
- to cherish a snake in one's bosom
Characters:
- 养 - to raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
- 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 伤 - to injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
- 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy
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