騎虎難下

Chinese

		to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride	tiger	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (騎虎難下)		騎	虎	難	下
simp. (骑虎难下)		骑	虎	难	下
Literally: “ride a tiger and find it difficult to dismount”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíhǔnánxià

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ke⁴ fu² naan⁴ haa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qíhǔnánxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyihuunanshiah
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ nän³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ke⁴ fu² naan⁴ haa⁶
  - Yale: kèh fú nàahn hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ke⁴ fu² naan⁴ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ké⁴ fu² nan⁴ ha⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː²¹ fuː³⁵ näːn²¹ häː²²/

Idiom

騎虎難下

(figuratively) to get into a situation where both proceeding forward and backing down are difficult

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