hú jiǎ hǔ wēi

狐假虎威 (hú jiǎ hǔ wēi) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people

Characters in 狐假虎威

狐hú · fox假gēi · used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]虎hǔ · tiger威wēi · power

Related words

假used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]假fake假vacation假variant of 假[jia3]威胁to threaten; to menace假装to feign假设to suppose假如if威士忌whiskey (loanword)度假to go on holidays假期vacation威廉William or Wilhelm (name)

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