Jyutping
joeng5 fu2 wai4 waan6
Pinyin
yǎng hǔ yí huàn
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later
to cherish a snake in one's bosom
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語句
比喻唔除去仇敵，將來就會遺留後患、禍害畀自己。 to go into an arrangement that will end up causing one harm; to support someone who will end up attacking or destroying; literally: to raise a tiger and court disaster
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
to not eliminate bad people or the enemy and bring future trouble to oneself