放虎容易擒虎难放虎容易擒虎難放虎容易擒虎難

releasing a tiger is easy, catching a tiger is hard

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: It is easy to let a bad person go but hard to catch them again. Warns against leniency toward wrongdoers.

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Simplified: 放虎容易擒虎难
Traditional (Taiwan): 放虎容易擒虎難
Pinyin: fàng hǔ róngyì qín hǔ nán
Bopomofo: ㄈㄤˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄋㄢˊ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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