Word details
虎口を逃れて竜穴に入る
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 虎口を逃れて竜穴に入る.
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Entry
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Proverb
out of the frying pan into the fire; out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's den
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
虎
tiger, drunkard
8 strokesFrequency 1,653JLPT N1Grade 8
On
コ
Kun
とら
Nanori
たけ
口
mouth
3 strokesFrequency 284JLPT N4Grade 1
On
コウク
Kun
くち
逃
escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free
8 strokesFrequency 931JLPT N2Grade 8
On
トウ
Kun
に.げるに.がすのが.すのが.れる
竜
dragon, imperial
10 strokesFrequency 1,195JLPT N1Grade 8
On
リュウリョウロウ
Kun
たついせ
Nanori
りう
穴
hole, aperture, slit, cave, den
5 strokesFrequency 1,366JLPT N1Grade 6
On
ケツ
Kun
あな
Nanori
けなししな
入
enter, insert
2 strokesFrequency 56JLPT N4Grade 1
On
ニュウジュ
Kun
い.る-い.る-い.りい.れる-い.れはい.る
Nanori
いりいるにのりり
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