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羊触藩篱

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4-character word Traditional 羊觸藩籬

What 羊触藩篱 means

1. lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易经); impossible to advance or to retreat
2. without any way out of a dilemma
3. trapped
4. in an impossible situation

The characters in 羊触藩篱

• 羊yángsheep; goat
• 触chùto touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
• 藩fānfence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier; vassal state
• 篱lía fence