hǔ虎
Meaning of 虎
虎 means tiger (large fierce feline); brave; fierce; vigorous. Pronounced hǔ. HSK 5.
- tiger (large fierce feline)
- brave; fierce; vigorous
- to glare fiercely; to put on a fierce look
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Definitions & Examples
The tiger is the top predator in the forest.
The tiger in the zoo is taking a nap.
Wu Song fighting the tiger is a classic Chinese folk tale.
This Siberian tiger weighs over 300 kilograms.
The idiom "the fox borrows the tiger's ferocity" means to bully others by leveraging someone else's power.
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tiger; energy guzzler; corrupt official
brave and skilled commander
borrow a tiger's ferocity; bully others by flaunting one's powerful connections
start strong but finish weak; peter out
like adding wings to a tiger; with redoubled power
pull a tooth from a tiger's mouth; do something extremely dangerous
eye covetously; glare like a tiger
a climbing plant; mountain sedan chair (dialect)