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虎こ口こうを逃のがれて竜りゅう穴けつに入いる
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, る)
Proverb
1. out of the frying pan into the fire; (lit.) out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's den
Kanji used
虎
tiger
口
mouth
逃
escape
竜
dragon
穴
hole
入
enter
Conjugations...Used in: 1
Composed of
tiger's den; jaws of death; dangerous place
escaping; evading
dragon's den; auspicious place for a temple, town, etc. to be built (feng shui)
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve