縱虎歸山 zòng hǔ guī shān

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities

CHARACTERS

縱 zòng indulge in, give free reign to
虎 hǔ
HSK 4
tiger; brave, fierce; surname
歸 guī return; return to, revert to
山 shān
HSK 3
mountain, hill, peak