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羝羊触藩

yáng chù fān lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易经); impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
billy goat / ram
  Yáng surname Yang
  yáng sheep; goat / CL:,
   chù to touch / to make contact with sth / to stir up sb's emotions
    fān fence; hedge / (literary) screen; barrier / vassal state / Taiwan pr. [fan2]
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