粵

虎fu2穴jyut6

fu2 jyut6hǔ xué

English

  1. tiger's den; dangerous place (spoken)
  2. dangerous places; literally: tiger's cave

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 老虎棲息嘅山洞,借代危險嘅地方

Examples

  • 不入虎穴,焉得虎子。

    Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 他真是剛出狼窩又入虎穴。

    He fell out of the frying pan into the fire.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 深入虎穴

    to enter deep into dangerous territory

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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