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to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another

前门拒虎，后门进狼
qián mén jù hǔ，hòu mén jìn láng
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lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) · fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once · cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other顾此失彼gù cǐ shī bǐ
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