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扮猪吃老虎

bàn zhū chī lǎo hǔdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to play the wolf in sheep's clothing / to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to lull one's target into letting their guard down
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-fc5e2d7aecd99398. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

扮豬吃老虎 扮猪吃老虎 [ban4 zhu1 chi1 lao3 hu3] /to play the wolf in sheep's clothing; to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to lull one's target into letting their guard down/

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Other forms in these source records: 扮豬吃老虎

  • 扮
    bàn

    to disguise oneself as / to dress up / to play (a role) / to put on (an expression)

  • 猪
    zhū

    hog / pig / swine / CL:口[kǒu],頭|头[tóu]

  • 吃
    chī

    to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

  • 老
    lǎo

    prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

  • 虎
    hǔ

    tiger / CL:隻|只[zhī]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.