qí​hǔ​nán​xià

to be stuck in a difficult position

  • created reference approved 骑虎难下/騎虎難下 → 进退两难/進退兩難 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骑虎难下 / 騎虎難下 qí​hǔ​nán​xià

    进退两难 / 進退兩難 jìn​tuì​liǎng​nán

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  • created reference approved 骑虎难下/騎虎難下 → 进退维谷/進退維谷 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骑虎难下 / 騎虎難下 qí​hǔ​nán​xià

    进退维谷 / 進退維谷 jìn​tuì​wéi​gǔ

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  • created reference approved 骑虎难下/騎虎難下 → 势成骑虎/勢成騎虎 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骑虎难下 / 騎虎難下 qí​hǔ​nán​xià

    势成骑虎 / 勢成騎虎 shì​chéng​qí​hǔ

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  • created reference approved 骑虎难下/騎虎難下 → 骑虎不下/騎虎不下 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骑虎难下 / 騎虎難下 qí​hǔ​nán​xià

    骑虎不下 / 騎虎不下 qí​hǔ​bù​xià

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

    骑虎难下 / 騎虎難下 qí​hǔ​nán​xià

    骑虎之势 / 騎虎之勢 qí​hǔ​zhī​shì

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  • created sense approved 骑虎难下/騎虎難下 · qí​hǔ​nán​xià · to be stuck in a difficult position — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骑虎难下 / 騎虎難下

    qí​hǔ​nán​xià

    to be stuck in a difficult position

    impossible to stop halfway or back down due to the pressure of a situation; literally "if you ride a tiger, it is hard to get off"

    骑 (literal) → 骑/騎 · qí · to ride 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 下 (literal) → 下 · xià · to descend

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