前門の虎、後門の狼

ぜんもんのとら、こうもんのおおかみzenmonnotora、koumonnoookami

expression

  1. between the devil and the deep sea
  2. out of the frying pan into the fire
  3. a tiger at the front gate, a wolf at the back gate

Kanji in this word

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences