A tiger in the front door, a wolf in the back(qián mén jù hǔ，hòu mén jìn láng)

A tiger in the front door, a wolf in the back

Explanation: it means driving away an enemy and coming another.

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The front door blows away the tiger, and the back door comes in the wolf. It is a metaphor for the disaster that comes one after another and the situation is extremely dangerous.

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In Yuan Dynasty, Zhao Xuehang's comments on History: "although the Dou clan was removed, the power of the temple people would be enhanced from here! As the saying goes: "the front door refuses the tiger, the back door enters the wolf." That's what it's called Example: in Ming Li Zhi's Shi Gang Ping Yao Zhou Ji Xian Wang: "the front door refuses the tiger, the back door enters the wolf, the unknown is a disaster or a blessing." Qiu Jun of the Ming Dynasty wrote in his book "a study of story idioms: birds and beasts": "misfortune comes again, saying:" the front door refuses the tiger, and the back door enters the wolf. " Sun Yat Sen's speech on solving the problems of the current situation: "the monarchs have abandoned their inherent rights, instead, they have given the power of signing and abolishing the treaty to the usurpers in the north. They have not yet known about their blunders. The front door refuses the tiger, and the back door enters the wolf. They have not seen the benefits, so they suffer first."

Chinese PinYin : qián mén jù hǔ，hòu mén jìn láng