养虎遗患 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 養虎遺患 yǎnghǔyíhuàn ㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ 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 遗(yí)leave behind 患(huàn)suffer A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0