虎口拔牙 hǔkǒubáyá to take a great risk Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 虎 hǔ noun tiger tiger; commonly referred to as 老虎 lǎohǔ口 kǒu noun mouth mouth of a person or animal; (bound form) oral拔 bá verb to pull up to pull up; to pull or draw out; to extract牙 yá noun tooth tooth; teeth