cāng ying lǎo hǔ

Traditional: 蒼蠅老虎

苍蝇老虎 (cāng ying lǎo hǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “(coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)”.

Meanings

  1. 1(coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)

Characters in 苍蝇老虎

苍cāng · dark blue蝇yíng · fly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

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