Tiger in front door, wolf in back door
It is a Chinese word, pronounced Qi á nm é NQ ù h ǔ, H ò um é NJ ì NL á ng, which means driving away one enemy and another.
explain
This is a metaphor for driving away an enemy and coming another.
source
Li Zhi of the Ming Dynasty wrote in Zhou Ji of Shi Gang Ping Yao: "the master of Qin defeated the three Jin Dynasties was Shimen. I'd like to give you a good service. " A tiger in the front door, a wolf in the back. The unknown is a disaster or a blessing. "
Discrimination
Close synonym: to take care of one thing and lose the other, the front door to the tiger, the back door to the wolf
usage
Complex sentence; as object, clause; with derogatory meaning
Chinese PinYin : qián mén qù hǔ,hòu mén jìn láng
Tiger in front door, wolf in back door
green pines and verdant cypresses. cāng sōng cuì bǎi
the moon is bright and stars are few. yuè míng xīng xī
have both ability and political integrity. dé cái jiān bèi