调虎离山 — Chinese idiom
调虎离山
diào hǔ lí shān
Traditional: 調虎離山
Meaning
- to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains
- to lure an enemy away from his territory
Character by character
- 调diàotune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 离lírare beast; strange; elegant
- 山shānmountain, hill, peak
Idioms sharing a character
- 单调乏味 dān diào fá wèi
- 怪腔怪调 guài qiāng guài diào
- 洋腔洋调 yáng qiāng yáng diào
- 众口难调 zhòng kǒu nán tiáo
- 老调重弹 lǎo diào chóng tán
- 旧调重弹 jiù diào chóng tán
- 调三窝四 tiáo sān wō sì
- 调兵遣将 diào bīng qiǎn jiàng
- 调嘴学舌 tiáo zuǐ xué shé
- 风调雨顺 fēng tiáo yǔ shùn
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