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Original source entry:
羝羊觸藩 羝羊触藩 [di1 yang2 chu4 fan1] /lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经); impossible to advance or to retreat/without any way out of a dilemma/trapped/in an impossible situation/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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