| 羊入虎口 |
yáng rù hǔ kǒu |
lit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom) / fig. to tread dangerous ground |
| 羊 |
Yáng |
surname Yang |
| 羊 |
yáng |
sheep; goat / CL:头,只 |
| 入 |
rù |
to enter; to go into / to join; to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时) / abbr. for 入声 / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") |
| 虎 |
hǔ |
tiger / CL:只 |
| 虎口 |
hǔ kǒu |
tiger's den / dangerous place / the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand |
| 口 |
kǒu |
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls |