养虎为患 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 養虎為患 yǎnghǔwéihuàn ㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom) Character by character 养(yǎng)raise 虎(hǔ)tiger 为(wéi)as (in the capacity of) 患(huàn)suffer A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0