release a tiger to protect oneself -- to bring trouble on oneself while attempting to avoid it with other means

release a tiger to protect oneself -- to bring trouble on oneself while attempting to avoid it with other means

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f à n à h à Z à w è I, which means to let the tiger out to defend itself. It is a metaphor for taking advantage of bad people to bring disaster. It comes from the annals of Huayang state, the annals of Liu Er Mu by Gongsun.

The origin of Idioms

Chang Yu of the Jin Dynasty wrote in the chronicles of Huayang state, Gongsun shuliu Ermu's Chronicles: "it's so-called sitting alone in a poor mountain, letting the tiger defend itself."

Idiom usage

It's a metaphor for taking advantage of bad people to bring disaster to oneself. It's a good way to slow down for a moment and let the tiger defend itself. The song of Liang Yong by Xu Mei in Qing Dynasty