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养虎遗患

yǎng hǔ yí huàn

4-character word Traditional 養虎遺患

What 养虎遗患 means

1. Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later
2. to cherish a snake in one's bosom

The characters in 养虎遗患

• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)
• 虎hǔtiger
• 遗yí(bound form) to leave behind
• 患huànto suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune