养虎伤身 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 養虎傷身 yǎnghǔshāngshēn ㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄕㄤ ㄕㄣ 男 女 Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom) fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later to cherish a snake in one's bosom Character by character 养(yǎng)raise 虎(hǔ)tiger 伤(shāng)injure 身(shēn)body A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0