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扮豬食老虎 (baan6 zyu1 sik6 lou5 fu2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

扮豬食老虎 (baan6 zyu1 sik6 lou5 fu2, bàn zhū shí lǎo hǔ) — (phrase) literally means 'Act like a pig, bite the tiger to death'; pretend to be dumb and harmless while waiting for one's chance to attack an enemy.

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 扮代表 (baan6 doi6 biu2) — to pretend one is a representative, it means one does not know much but acts as…
• 扮作 (baan6 zok3) — to disguise as; to impersonate
• 扮傻 (baan3 so4) — to pretend dumb or stupid
• 扮到 (baan6 dou3) — to pretend; to dress up as; to disguise as
• 扮嘢 (baan6 je5) — (verb) to pretend; to fake; (adjective) pretentious
• 扮好人 (baan6 hou2 jan4) — pretend to be a good; kind person

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