虎口拔牙
hǔ​kǒu​bá​yá

to take a great risk

  • created sense approved 虎口拔牙 · hǔ​kǒu​bá​yá · to take a great risk — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    虎口拔牙

    hǔ​kǒu​bá​yá

    to take a great risk

    to pull a tooth from a tiger's mouth; a metaphor for daring the greatest danger or undertaking an extremely risky task

    虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · mouth 拔 (literal) → 拔 · bá · to pull up 牙 (literal) → 牙 · yá · tooth

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