暴虎冯河 in English bao4 hu3 ping2 he2 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically to display foolhardy courage

Simplified Characters

暴 虎 冯 河

Traditional Characters

暴 虎 馮 河

Pinyin

bao4 hu3 ping2 he2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

暴bao4surname Bao 虎hu3tiger 冯feng2surname Feng 河he2river