From the basics of characters to complex idioms, Chinese learning can be challenging. This free guide highlights the idiom 「養虎遺患」. Details below.
Here, we present the idiom 「養虎遺患」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.
遺: to leave behind; 患: disaster. If you don’t get rid of the tiger, it will become a problem in the future. It is a metaphor for indulging bad people and doing bad things, which will leave behind troubles.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǎng hǔ yí huàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yeung5 fu2 wai4 waan6
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