羊质虎皮 — Chinese idiom
羊质虎皮
yáng zhì hǔ pí
Traditional: 羊質虎皮
Meaning
- lit. the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger
- fig. impressive in appearance but lacking in substance
- braggart
Character by character
- 羊yángsheep, goat
- 质zhìessence, nature; material, substance
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 皮pískin, hide, fur, feathers
Idioms sharing a character
- 亡羊补牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo
- 杀猪宰羊 shā zhū zǎi yáng
- 牵羊担酒 qiān yáng dān jiǔ
- 羊入虎口 yáng rù hǔ kǒu
- 羊肠小道 yáng cháng xiǎo dào
- 顺手牵羊 shùn shǒu qiān yáng
- 天生丽质 tiān shēng lì zhì
- 蜕化变质 tuì huà biàn zhì
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 两虎相争 liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
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