暴虎馮河 bào hǔ píng hé

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

暴 bào
HSK 6
violent, brutal, tyrannical
虎 hǔ
HSK 4
tiger; brave, fierce; surname
馮 píng surname; gallop; by dint of
河 hé
HSK 3
river; stream; yellow river