"虎口奪食" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /xu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: hǔkǒuduóshí [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨˇ ㄎㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄕˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hǔkǒuduóshí [Phonetic:húkǒuduóshí] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hǔkǒuduóshíh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hu³-kʻou³-to²-shih² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hǔ-kǒu-dwó-shŕ [Mandarin, Yale], huukooudwoshyr [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хукоудоши [Mandarin, Palladius], xukoudoši [Mandarin, Palladius] Forms: 虎口夺食
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 虎口奪食
  1. to be extremely brave; to take an enormous risk Tags: idiomatic
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