The above is a proverb that essentially means that we should not engage in actions that might hurt us later.
Hypothetically speaking, you live in a mountain and one of your traps was able to capture a tiger; you then set that tiger free out and one day it attacks and kills you.
If you had killed the tiger after you caught it, you would still be alive. This is the purpose of the proverb - to say that if you have an opportunity to avoid future danger, take it.
In conclusion, deal with things now before they become problems later.
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