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羝羊触藩

dī yáng chù fān

4-character word Traditional 羝羊觸藩

What 羝羊触藩 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 羝羊触藩

• 羝dībilly goat; ram
• 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

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