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养虎遗患

yǎng hǔ yí huàn

Definitions

  1. 1. Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later
  2. 2. to cherish a snake in one's bosom

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Child Words of 养虎遗患

患
huàn

to suffer (from illness)

虎
hǔ

tiger

养
yǎng

to raise (animals)

遗
yí

(bound form) to leave behind