養虎遺患

Chinese

		give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring someone up; to raise (pig, etc.)	tiger	to lose; to leave behind	misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble misfortune; suffer (from illness); trouble; danger; worry; to contract (a disease)
trad. (養虎遺患)		養	虎	遺	患
simp. (养虎遗患)		养	虎	遗	患

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnghǔyíhuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ fu² wai⁴ waan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnghǔyíhuàn [Phonetic: yánghǔyíhuàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnghǔyíhuàn
    • Wade–Giles: yang³-hu³-i²-huan⁴
    • Yale: yǎng-hǔ-yí-hwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanghuuyihuann
    • Palladius: янхуихуань (janxuixuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵ fu² wai⁴ waan⁶
    • Yale: yéuhng fú wàih waahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ fu² wai⁴ waan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ fu² wei⁴ wan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ fuː³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ waːn²²/

Idiom

養虎遺患

1. to not eliminate bad people or the enemy and bring future trouble to oneself