n. (Trad=狼, Pinyin=lang2) wolf

adj. (Trad=狼, Pinyin=lang2) wolfish

n. (Simp=狼, Pinyin=lang2) wolf

adj. (Simp=狼, Pinyin=lang2) wolfish

qian2 men2 ju4 hu3, hou4 men2 jin4 lang2
Driving the tiger away from the front door and letting the wolf in at the back.
Fending off one danger only to fall a prey to another. Out of the fire into the frying pan. Compare with 抱薪救火 (bao4 xin1 jiu4 huo3), 雪上加霜 (xue3 shang4 jia1 shuang1) and 火上加油 (huo3 shang4 jia1 you2).

lang2 zi3 ye3 xin1
A wolf cub with a savage heart.
To have a wolfish nature. To be full of wild ambitions.

lang2 yan1 si4 qi3
Smoke of wolf dung rising on all four sides.
War alarms raised everywhere.

lang2 bei4 bu4 kan1
A difficult situation than cannot be endured.
To be extremely miserable and wretched, in a sorrow plight, awkward position and/or sore straits. The expression 狼狈 can be used in many contexts.