骑虎难下 in English qi2 hu3 nan2 xia4 Meaning

Meanings

  • if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiomatic expression); metaphorically impossible to stop halfway

Simplified Characters

骑 虎 难 下

Traditional Characters

騎 虎 難 下

Pinyin

qi2 hu3 nan2 xia4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

骑qi2(Tw) saddle horse 虎hu3tiger 难nan2difficult (to...) 下xia4down