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    3. 虎口を逃れて竜穴に入る

    虎口を逃れて竜穴に入る

    虎こ口こうを​逃のがれ​て​竜りゅう穴けつに​入いる​

    out of the frying pan into the fire

    NTVerbLiteratureKanji Vocab47 strokes

    ここうをのがれてりゅうけつにいる

    Verb

    1.
    out of the frying pan into the fire, out of the tiger's mouth into the dragon's den
    proverb

    Stroke 0 / 47

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    虎
    とら…(2)
    tiger・drunkard
    Kanji
    口
    くち…(2)
    mouth
    Kanji
    逃
    に.げる・に.がす・のが.す・のが.れる…(1)
    escape・flee・shirk・evade・set free
    Kanji
    竜
    たつ・いせ…(4)
    dragon・imperial
    Kanji
    穴
    あな…(4)
    hole・aperture・slit・cave・den
    Kanji
    入
    い.る・-い.る・-い.り・い.れる・-い.れ・はい.る…(7)
    enter・insert
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    れ
    re
    Kana
    て
    te
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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