technical
historical

Meaning of 虎符

虎符 means tiger tally; ancient military authorization token. Pronounced hǔ fú.

  • tiger tally; ancient military authorization token

Definitions & Examples

jiāng
jūn
píng
jiè
diào
dòng
le
jūn
duì
 

The general mobilized the troops by using the tiger tally.

Zhè
jiàn
shì
西
hàn
shí
de
zhēn
guì
wén
 

This tiger tally is a precious cultural relic from the Western Han Dynasty.

Diào
bīng
yàn
zhèng
liǎng
bàn
shì
fǒu
wěn
 

Deploying troops required verifying if the two halves of the tiger tally matched perfectly.

Measure Words

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