The New Dictionary.
Search dictionary
Chinese/Dictionary entry

暴虎冯河

bào hǔ píng hédictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom) / fig. to display foolhardy courage
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-60002813b8d9a774. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

暴虎馮河 暴虎冯河 [bao4 hu3 ping2 he2] /lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)/fig. to display foolhardy courage/

Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.

Reference information

The definitions above are from CC-CEDICT. Examples and usage notes are available on selected entries.

Character information

View the individual characters. Their meanings do not necessarily explain the meaning of the whole word.

Other forms in these source records: 暴虎馮河

  • 暴
    bào

    sudden / violent / cruel / to show or expose / to injure

    pù

    See the full entry for source details.

    Bào

    surname Bao

  • 虎
    hǔ

    tiger / CL:隻|只[zhī]

  • 冯
    píng

    to gallop / to assist / to attack / to wade / great

    Féng

    surname Feng

  • 河
    hé

    river (CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[hé fěn]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.