縱虎歸山 zòng hǔ guī shān

let a threat go free; invite future trouble

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
縱 zòng
vertical; lengthwise; longitudinal
虎 hǔ HSK 4
tiger
歸 guī
to return; to go back to; to belong to
山 shān HSK 3
mountain; hill; anything that resembles a mountain