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虎口拔牙
hǔ​kǒu​bá​yá

to take a great risk

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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

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