养虎遗患
Traditional form:
養虎遺患
Pinyin (reading):
yǎnghǔyíhuàn
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
- 遗 - to lose; a lost article
- 患 - suffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffer
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