前门打虎，后门打狼
前门打虎，后门打狼
qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng
to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
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Traditional: 前門打虎，後門打狼
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- (verb, idiom) to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
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不过(bù guò)— only
→前门拒虎，后门进狼(qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng)— to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
→一波未平，一波又起(yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ)— before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
→前怕狼后怕虎(qián pà láng hòu pà hǔ)— lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom); fig. needless fears
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