前门打虎，后门打狼

qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng

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Definições

  1. 1. to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another

Palavras componentes de 前门打虎，后门打狼

前
qián

front

后
hòu

empress

打
dá

dozen (loanword)

打
dǎ

to beat

狼
láng

wolf

虎
hǔ

tiger

前门
qián mén

Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2

后门
hòu mén

the back door

门
mén

gate