骑虎之势
qí​hǔ​zhī​shì

to be stuck in a difficult dilemma

  • created reference approved 骑虎之势/騎虎之勢 → 骑虎难下/騎虎難下 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骑虎之势 / 騎虎之勢 qí​hǔ​zhī​shì

    骑虎难下 / 騎虎難下 qí​hǔ​nán​xià

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 骑虎之势/騎虎之勢 · qí​hǔ​zhī​shì · to be stuck in a difficult dilemma — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骑虎之势 / 騎虎之勢

    qí​hǔ​zhī​shì

    to be stuck in a difficult dilemma

    A situation where one is forced by circumstances to continue what they have started, because stopping would be even more dangerous.

    骑 (literal) → 骑/騎 · qí · to ride 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 势 (literal) → 势/勢 · shì · situation

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

    created sense