暴虎馮河 bào hǔ píng hé

fig. to display foolhardy courage

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. to display foolhardy courage
  2. 2. lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
violent; sudden; cruel
tiger
old variant of píng; great; to wade
river