dǎo​hǔ​wěi

to step on a tiger's tail

  • created sense approved 蹈虎尾 · dǎo​hǔ​wěi · to step on a tiger's tail — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蹈虎尾

    dǎo​hǔ​wěi

    to step on a tiger's tail

    to step on a tiger's tail; a metaphor for being in an extremely dangerous situation

    dào​hǔ​wěi

    蹈, 虎尾

    蹈 (literal) → 蹈 · dǎo · to tread 虎尾 (literal) → 虎尾 · hǔ​wěi · tiger's tail

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

    created sense