纵虎归山

zònghǔguīshān

let the tiger return to the mountains—cause calamity for the future

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cause calamity for the future

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cause calamity for the future

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zong4 hu3 gui1 shan1

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

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纵虎归山

zòng hǔ guī shān

let the tiger return to the mountain --to breed (cause) calamity for the future; To let one's enemy go unharmed is to have a potential danger lurking somewhere which would prove menacing to life one of these days.; set a tiger free -- to tolerate the wicked acts of evildoers

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縱虎歸山|纵虎归山 [zòng hǔ guī shān] ► lit. to let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities