骑虎难下 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off ; fig. impossible to stop halfway

Character by character

• 骑qíto ride, to mount; cavalry
• 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
• 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next

Idioms sharing a character

• 一骑绝尘 yī qí jué chén
• 势成骑虎 shì chéng qí hǔ
• 骑马找马 qí mǎ zhǎo mǎ
• 骑驴找马 qí lǘ zhǎo mǎ
• 骑驴找驴 qí lǘ zhǎo lǘ
• 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
• 两虎相争 liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
• 如虎添翼 rú hǔ tiān yì
• 打马虎眼 dǎ mǎ hu yǎn
• 暴虎冯河 bào hǔ píng hé

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