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骑虎难下

qí hǔ nán xià

4-character word Traditional 騎虎難下

What 骑虎难下 means

1. if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway

The characters in 骑虎难下

• 骑qíto sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
• 虎hǔtiger
• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below

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