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冇牙老虎 (mou5 ngaa4 lou5 fu2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

冇牙老虎 (mou5 ngaa4 lou5 fu2, mǎo yá lǎo hǔ) — toothless tiger, something; someone that seems to be powerful and scary yet cannot bite; strike, the government practicing a law; policy without enough; effective enforcement

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 冇乜兩句 (mou5 mat1 loeng5 geoi3) — to describe two people do not have much to talk
• 冇乜 (mou5 mat1) — nothing; it's nothing; not very; not particularly
• 冇乜嘢 (mou5 mat1 je5) — nothing; have nothing; it's fine
• 冇乜好死 (mou5 mat1 hou2 sei2) — nothing left to worry about
• 冇乜所謂 (mou5 mat1 so2 wai6) — does not matter much, not important
• 冇乜滯 (mou5 mat1 zai6) — nothing really left or remain

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