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act with reckless courage; tame a tiger with one's bare hands and cross a river on foot; attempt to fight a tiger with bare hands and cross a river without a boat

Word usage

bào hǔ píng hé

暴 虎 冯 河

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slmetaact with reckless courage; tame a tiger with one's bare hands and cross a river on foot; attempt to fight a tiger with bare hands and cross a river without a boat
- zhēn zhèng de qiáng zhě bù shì bào hǔ píng hé ér shì shěn shí duó shì
  真正的强者不是暴虎冯河，而是审时度势。
  A really strong player is not just brawn but no brain.
synonym
yǒu yǒng wú móu有勇无谋 mào rán xíng shì贸然行事 féng hé bào hǔ冯河暴虎
antonym
shēn móu yuǎn lǜ深谋远虑 jǐn yán shèn xíng谨言慎行 yǒu yǒng yǒu móu有勇有谋

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Note
"冯" cannot be pronounced as "féng" in "暴虎冯河" and cannot be written as "凭".

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