骑虎难下 qíhǔnánxià to be stuck in a difficult position Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 骑虎难下 騎虎難下 qíhǔnánxià to be stuck in a difficult position impossible to stop halfway or back down due to the pressure of a situation; literally "if you ride a tiger, it is hard to get off" Frequency Movie subtitles 0.360 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.413 per million Cross-References Synonym 进退两难 jìntuìliǎngnán进退维谷 jìntuìwéigǔ势成骑虎 shìchéngqíhǔ进退失据 jìntuìshījùVariant of 骑虎不下 qíhǔbùxià骑虎之势 qíhǔzhīshì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
骑虎难下 騎虎難下 qíhǔnánxià to be stuck in a difficult position impossible to stop halfway or back down due to the pressure of a situation; literally "if you ride a tiger, it is hard to get off" Frequency Movie subtitles 0.360 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.413 per million Cross-References Synonym 进退两难 jìntuìliǎngnán进退维谷 jìntuìwéigǔ势成骑虎 shìchéngqíhǔ进退失据 jìntuìshījùVariant of 骑虎不下 qíhǔbùxià骑虎之势 qíhǔzhīshì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
