养虎伤身 — Chinese idiom
养虎伤身
yǎng hǔ shāng shēn
Traditional: 養虎傷身
Meaning
- Rear a tiger and court disaster. ; fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later
- to cherish a snake in one's bosom
Character by character
- 养yǎngto raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 伤shāngto injure, to harm; wound, injury; to fall ill
- 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy
Idioms sharing a character
- 以债养债 yǐ zhài yǎng zhài
- 修心养性 xiū xīn yǎng xìng
- 俭以养廉 jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián
- 姑息养奸 gū xī yǎng jiān
- 遵时养晦 zūn shí yǎng huì
- 韬光养晦 tāo guāng yǎng huì
- 颐性养寿 yí xìng yǎng shòu
- 颐养天年 yí yǎng tiān nián
- 养家活口 yǎng jiā huó kǒu
- 养家糊口 yǎng jiā hú kǒu
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