shì chéng qí hǔdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
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Original source entry:

勢成騎虎 势成骑虎 [shi4 cheng2 qi2 hu3] /if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway/

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