骑虎难下 (騎虎難下) qí hǔ nán xià

qí hǔ nán xià set phrase if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off; a difficult situation
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '騎虎難下'; Guoyu '騎虎難下'; Mathews 1931 '騎虎難下', p. 68)

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