打虎不着,反被虎咬打虎不著,反被虎咬打虎不着,反被虎咬

try to hit the tiger and miss, and get bitten by the tiger instead

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Idiom惯用语 · Widely known

Meaning: To fail to harm your opponent and get hurt yourself instead. Close to 'to backfire' or 'to be hoist with one's own petard'.

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Simplified: 打虎不着,反被虎咬
Traditional (Taiwan): 打虎不著,反被虎咬
Traditional (Hong Kong): 打虎不着,反被虎咬
Pinyin: dǎ hǔ bù zháo,fǎn bèi hǔ yǎo
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˊ,ㄈㄢˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄧㄠˇ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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