前門拒虎，後門進狼
qián​mén​jù​hǔ​hòu​mén​jìn​láng

one problem after another

  • created sense approved 前门拒虎，后门进狼/前門拒虎，後門進狼 · qián​mén​jù​hǔ​hòu​mén​jìn​láng · one problem after another — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    前门拒虎，后门进狼 / 前門拒虎，後門進狼

    qián​mén​jù​hǔ​hòu​mén​jìn​láng

    one problem after another

    to drive a tiger from the front door only to have a wolf enter from the back; figuratively describes getting rid of one threat only to be immediately faced with another

    前门 (literal) → 前门/前門 · qián​mén · front door 拒 (literal) → 拒 · jù · to resist 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger ， (non_chinese) 后门 (literal) → 后门/後門 · hòu​mén · back door 进 (literal) → 进/進 · jìn · to enter 狼 (literal) → 狼 · láng · wolf

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense