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(lit.) dragon's pool and tiger's den (idiom) / (fig.) dangerous place; hostile territory
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龍潭虎穴 龙潭虎穴 [long2 tan2 hu3 xue2] /(lit.) dragon's pool and tiger's den (idiom)/(fig.) dangerous place; hostile territory/

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