- lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
Characters
- 狐 (狐): fox
- 假 (假): used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]
- 虎 (虎): tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- 威 (威): power; might; prestige
Resources
- Wiktionary: 狐假虎威
- MDBG: 狐假虎威
- Examples with 狐假虎威 on Tatoeba
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