shì​chéng​qí​hǔ

to be in a dilemma

  • created reference approved 势成骑虎/勢成騎虎 → 骑虎难下/騎虎難下 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    势成骑虎 / 勢成騎虎 shì​chéng​qí​hǔ

    骑虎难下 / 騎虎難下 qí​hǔ​nán​xià

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 势成骑虎/勢成騎虎 → 进退维谷/進退維谷 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    势成骑虎 / 勢成騎虎 shì​chéng​qí​hǔ

    进退维谷 / 進退維谷 jìn​tuì​wéi​gǔ

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 势成骑虎/勢成騎虎 · shì​chéng​qí​hǔ · to be in a dilemma — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    势成骑虎 / 勢成騎虎

    shì​chéng​qí​hǔ

    to be in a dilemma

    impossible to stop halfway; being in a situation where one is forced by circumstances to keep going even though it has become dangerous, like riding a tiger and being unable to get off

    势 (literal) → 势/勢 · shì · situation 成 (literal) → 成 · chéng · to become 骑 (literal) → 骑/騎 · qí · to ride 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger

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

    created sense