他真是剛出狼窩又入虎穴。

He fell out of the frying pan into the fire.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 真是 zhēnshi
  1. indeed; truly
  2. (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
=2 真是 zhēnshì
  1. (colloquial) Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance; honestly!
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 真 (zhēn), 是 (shì): (it) really is; (it) truly is
  3. Used to express dissatisfaction or annoyance; honestly!
3 剛 gāng
  1. hard
  2. firm
  3. strong
  4. just
  5. barely
  6. exactly
=4 出 chū
  1. to go out; to come out
  2. to arise; to occur
  3. to produce; to yield
  4. to go beyond; to exceed
  5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
=4 出 chū variant of 出 chū (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
5 狼窩 lángwō
  1. (literary) a wolf's lair
  2. (literary) an enemy lair
  3. a wolf's lair
  4. an enemy lair
6 又 yòu
  1. (once) again
  2. also
  3. both... and...
  4. and yet
  5. (used for emphasis) anyway
7 入 rù
  1. to enter; to go into
  2. to join; to become a member of
  3. (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时 rùshí)
  4. abbr. for 入声 rùshēng
  5. (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
8 虎穴 hǔxué
  1. (figurative) danger spot; dangerous place
  2. danger spot; dangerous place
  3. tiger's den