shēng lóng huó hǔ

Traditional: 生龍活虎

生龙活虎 (shēng lóng huó hǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom); fig. vigorous and lively”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
  2. 2fig. vigorous and lively

Characters in 生龙活虎

生shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born龙lóng · Chinese dragon; loong活huó · to live虎hǔ · tiger

Related words

先生teacher发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out生活to live医生doctor; medical practitioner活to live生命life (as the characteristic of living beings)生to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born生气to get angry; to be furious生日birthday生意life force生意business学生student

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