羊落虎口
yáng​luò​hǔ​kǒu

hopelessly perilous situation

  • created reference approved 羊落虎口 → 羊入虎口 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    羊落虎口 yáng​luò​hǔ​kǒu

    羊入虎口 yáng​rù​hǔ​kǒu

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 羊落虎口 · yáng​luò​hǔ​kǒu · hopelessly perilous situation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    羊落虎口

    yáng​luò​hǔ​kǒu

    hopelessly perilous situation

    literally a sheep falling into the tiger's mouth; a situation from which there is no escape; a hopeless trap

    羊 (literal) → 羊 · yáng · sheep 落 (literal) → 落 · luò · to obtain 虎口 (literal) → 虎口 · hǔ​kǒu · dangerous place

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

    created sense