放虎自卫
fàng​hǔ​zì​wèi

to boomerang

  • created sense approved 放虎自卫/放虎自衛 · fàng​hǔ​zì​wèi · to boomerang — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    放虎自卫 / 放虎自衛

    fàng​hǔ​zì​wèi

    to boomerang

    To release a tiger to protect oneself; describes an action that backfires or brings disaster when one intended to seek safety.

    放 (literal) → 放 · fàng · to release 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 自卫 (literal) → 自卫/自衛 · zì​wèi · self-defense

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

    created sense