入山擒虎易,开口告人难入山擒虎易,開口告人難入山擒虎易,開口告人難

catching a tiger in the mountains is easy, asking others for a loan is hard

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Asking someone for money or help is harder than the most dangerous task. Said sympathetically about the embarrassment of borrowing.

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Simplified: 入山擒虎易,开口告人难
Traditional (Taiwan): 入山擒虎易,開口告人難
Pinyin: rù shān qín hǔ yì,kāikǒugàorénnán
Bopomofo: ㄖㄨˋ ㄕㄢㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄧˋ,ㄎㄞㄎㄡˇ ㄍㄠˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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