狐假虎威 — Chinese idiom
狐假虎威
hú jiǎ hǔ wēi
Meaning
- lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might ; fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
Character by character
- 狐húfox
- 假jiǎfake, false, deceitful; vacation
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 威wēimight, power, prestige; to dominate
Idioms sharing a character
- 兔死狐悲 tù sǐ hú bēi
- 狐朋狗友 hú péng gǒu yǒu
- 狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba
- 狐群狗党 hú qún gǒu dǎng
- 篝火狐鸣 gōu huǒ hú míng
- 与狐谋皮 yǔ hú móu pí
- 不假思索 bù jiǎ sī suǒ
- 以假乱真 yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
- 假公济私 jiǎ gōng jì sī
- 假手于人 jiǎ shǒu yú rén
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