逼虎跳牆

bik1 fu2 tiu3 coeng4

to force someone to do something that they wouldn't have normally done otherwise; to provoke an aggressive response in someone unnecessarily [written and colloquial]

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. to force someone to do something that they wouldn't have normally done otherwise; to provoke an aggressive response in someone unnecessarily [written and colloquial]

Written Forms

逼虎跳牆Traditional · Main Form
逼虎跳墙Alternate Form

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