| 虎口余生 |
hǔ kǒu yú shēng |
lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom) / fig. to narrowly escape death |
| 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 |
| 余 |
Yú |
surname Yu |
| 余 |
yú |
(literary) I; me / variant of 余 |
| 余 |
yú |
extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me |
| 余生 |
yú shēng |
the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster) |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |