粵

龍lung4潭taam4虎fu2穴jyut6

simp龙潭虎穴
lung4 taam4 fu2 jyut6lóng tán hǔ xué

English

  1. (lit.) dragon's pool and tiger's den (idiom)
  2. a lion's den, an extremely dangerous place
  3. (fig.) dangerous place; hostile territory
  4. dangerous place; literally: dragon's pool tiger's cave

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 充滿危機嘅地方

Examples

  • 你放心,呢度唔係咩龍潭虎穴嚟,冇人會傷害你。

    Don't worry too much. Here is not a dangerous place. No one will hurt you.

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

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