避坑落井 — Chinese idiom
避坑落井
bì kēng luò jǐng
Meaning
- to dodge a pit only to fall into a well
- out of the frying pan into the fire
Character by character
- 避bìto avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide
- 坑kēngpit, hole; to trap, to bury; to harry
- 落luòto fall, to drop; surplus, net income
- 井jǐngwell, mine shaft, pit
Idioms sharing a character
- 不可避免 bù kě bì miǎn
- 不避斧钺 bù bì fǔ yuè
- 扬长避短 yáng cháng bì duǎn
- 趋利避害 qū lì bì hài
- 趋吉避凶 qū jí bì xiōng
- 退避三舍 tuì bì sān shè
- 避世绝俗 bì shì jué sú
- 避实就虚 bì shí jiù xū
- 坑蒙拐骗 kēng mēng guǎi piàn
- 满坑满谷 mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ
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