势成骑虎 — Chinese idiom
势成骑虎
shì chéng qí hǔ
Traditional: 勢成騎虎
Meaning
- if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off ; fig. impossible to stop halfway
Character by character
- 势shìpower, force; tendency, attitude
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
- 骑qíto ride, to mount; cavalry
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 人多势众 rén duō shì zhòng
- 仗势欺人 zhàng shì qī rén
- 做张做势 zuò zhāng zuò shì
- 势不两立 shì bù liǎng lì
- 势不可当 shì bù kě dāng
- 势单力薄 shì dān lì bó
- 势在必得 shì zài bì dé
- 势在必行 shì zài bì xíng
- 势均力敌 shì jūn lì dí
- 势如破竹 shì rú pò zhú
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