英文词汇“养虎遗患”的读音、释义、例句、中文翻译及雅思托福GRE难词速记-英汉词典

单词

养虎遗患

释义

养虎遗患yǎng hǔ yí huàn

to rear a tiger is to court calamity—appeasement brings disaster; he that spares the bad injures the good; save a thief from the gallows and he will help hang you (/cut your throat); warm (/cherish) a snake in one’s bosom
❍ 今释弗击，此所谓 ‘养虎自遗患’ 也。(《史记·项羽本纪》331) If we were to let him get away now without attacking him,it would be like nursing a tiger that will return to vex us later!/对这种“养虎贻患” 的做法，不少人逐渐警觉起来，发出激烈的抨击。Quite a few people were becoming aware of this trend—rearing a tiger only to get oneself into trouble,as a Chinese saying has it—and strongly denounced it.

养虎遗患yang hu yi huan

to rear a tiger is to court calamity (appeasement brings disaster)

养虎遗患

to rear a tiger is to court calamity;appeasement brings disaster

养虎遗患yǎnɡ hǔ yí huàn

遗：留下。饲养老虎，留下祸患。比喻纵容坏人，为自己留下祸患。appeasement brings disaster, nurse a viper in one’s bosom, warm a snake in one’s bosom

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