bào​hǔ​píng​hé

foolhardiness

  • created sense approved 暴虎冯河/暴虎馮河 · bào​hǔ​píng​hé · foolhardiness — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    暴虎冯河 / 暴虎馮河

    bào​hǔ​píng​hé

    foolhardiness

    To display foolhardy courage; to be brave but reckless without a plan. Literally means fighting a tiger with bare hands or crossing a river on foot without a boat.

    暴 (literal) → 暴 · bào · to fight bare-handed 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 冯河 (literal) → 冯河/馮河 · píng​hé · to wade across a river

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