洪水猛兽 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. severe floods and fierce beasts
• fig. great scourges
• extremely dangerous or threatening things

Character by character

• 洪hóngdeluge, flood; immense, vast
• 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
• 猛měngviolent, savage, cruel, bold
• 兽shòubeast, animal; bestial

Idioms sharing a character

• 洪水滔滔 hóng shuǐ tāo tāo
• 洪福齐天 hóng fú qí tiān
• 一清如水 yī qīng rú shuǐ
• 似水年华 sì shuǐ nián huá
• 出水芙蓉 chū shuǐ fú róng
• 如鱼得水 rú yú dé shuǐ
• 山明水秀 shān míng shuǐ xiù
• 山清水秀 shān qīng shuǐ xiù
• 山穷水尽 shān qióng shuǐ jìn
• 山长水远 shān cháng shuǐ yuǎn

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