養虎遺患
yǎng​hǔ​yí​huàn

to rear a tiger and court disaster

  • created reference approved 养虎遗患/養虎遺患 → 养虎贻患/養虎貽患 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    养虎遗患 / 養虎遺患 yǎng​hǔ​yí​huàn

    养虎贻患 / 養虎貽患 yǎng​hǔ​yí​huàn

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 养虎遗患/養虎遺患 · yǎng​hǔ​yí​huàn · to rear a tiger and court disaster — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    养虎遗患 / 養虎遺患

    yǎng​hǔ​yí​huàn

    to rear a tiger and court disaster

    To foster a threat or be too lenient with a bad person, only to suffer later; to cherish a snake in one's bosom.

    养 (literal) → 养/養 · yǎng · to raise 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 遗患 (literal) → 遗患/遺患 · yí​huàn · to leave a legacy of trouble; lingering trouble

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

    created sense