yǎng​hǔ​yí​huàn

to rear a tiger and court disaster

养虎遗患 養虎遺患 yǎng​hǔ​yí​huàn
to rear a tiger and court disaster
To foster a threat or be too lenient with a bad person, only to suffer later; to cherish a snake in one's bosom.

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