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虎口

hǔ kǒu

2-character word

What 虎口 means

1. tiger's den
2. dangerous place
3. the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand

The characters in 虎口

• 虎hǔtiger
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…

Example sentences

• 我虽然在虎口里，却是安如泰山。
  Wǒ suīrán zài hǔkǒu lǐ, quèshì ānrú Tài Shān.
  Though I am in the tiger's mouth, I am as calm as Mount Tai.

Words starting with 虎口

• 虎口余生hǔ kǒu yú shēnglit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom); fig. to narrowly escape death

Words containing 虎口

• 羊入虎口yáng rù hǔ kǒulit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom); fig. to tread dangerous ground