不入虎穴，焉得虎子

bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ

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1. How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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Child Words of 不入虎穴，焉得虎子

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 入 入 rù: to enter
• 子 子 zǐ: son
• 得 得 dé: to obtain
• 得 得 de: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
• 得 得 děi: to have to
• 虎 虎 hǔ: tiger
• 焉 焉 yān: where
• 穴 穴 xué: cave
• 虎子 虎子 hǔ zǐ: tiger cub