bàn zhū chī lǎo hǔ

Traditional: 扮豬吃老虎

扮猪吃老虎 (bàn zhū chī lǎo hǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “to play the wolf in sheep's clothing; to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to lull one's target into letting their guard down”.

Meanings

  1. 1to play the wolf in sheep's clothing; to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to lull one's target into letting their guard down

Characters in 扮猪吃老虎

扮bàn · to disguise oneself as猪zhū · hog吃chī · to eat; to consume老lǎo · prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity虎hǔ · tiger

Related words

吃to eat; to consume吃variant of 吃[chi1]老prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity老兄elder brother (often used self-referentially)老师teacher老板boss老板Robam (brand)老板variant of 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]老婆(coll.) wife吃饭to have a meal老天God猪hog

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