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| | budgerigar (genus Psittacella, several species) / budgie | |
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| | saber-toothed tiger | |
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| | (coll.) eye tooth (maxillary canine tooth) | |
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| | lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation | |
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| | Land Rover | |
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| | lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom) / fig. to narrowly escape death | |
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| | Yahoo, Internet portal | |
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| | outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing) | |
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| | lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain | |
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| | valiant general | |
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| | tremendous strength (idiom) | |
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| | (bird species of China) White's thrush (Zoothera aurea) | |
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| | vigorous / formidable / strong | |
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| | (bird species of China) blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) | |
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| | tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse) | |
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| | White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia | |
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| | lit. the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger (idiom) / fig. impressive in appearance but lacking in substance / braggart | |
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| | fierce tiger | |
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| | gecko; house lizard | |
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| | tiger cub / brave young man | |
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| | lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants | |
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| | to subdue a tiger / fig. to prevail over sinister forces | |
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| | lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people | |
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| | Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) | |
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| | vise | |
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| | lit. like a tiger that has grown wings / with redoubled power (idiom) | |
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| | to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously / to gorge oneself | |
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| | lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom) / fig. vigorous and lively | |
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| | paper tiger | |
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| | Huqiu district of Suzhou city 蘇州市|苏州市, Jiangsu | |
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| | careless / casual / vague / not so bad / so-so / tolerable / fair | |
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| | lit. dragon soaring and tiger leaping (idiom) / fig. prosperous and bustling; vigorous and active | |
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| | fierce animals | |
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| | to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom) / to lure an enemy away from his territory | |
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| | lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish | |
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| | tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.) | |
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| | lit. like wolves and tigers / ruthless | |
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| | lit. dragon's pool and tiger's den (idiom) / fig. dangerous place; hostile territory | |
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| | How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained. | |
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| | back of a tiger and waist of a bear / tough and stocky build | |
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| | man with a big smile and evil intentions | |
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| | lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom) / fig. talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent | |
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| | lit. to negotiate with a tiger for its pelt (idiom); fig. to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests | |
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| | lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain | |
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| | (idiom) to act as accomplice to the tiger; to help a villain do evil | |
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| | Year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010) | |
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| | in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom) / (depending on the source, the last word is either 大王 or 大王) | |
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| | to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom) | |
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| | to play dumb / to slack off (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) powerful and imposing demeanor | |
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| | electricity hog; electricity guzzler | |
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| | three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact | |
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| | lit. jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom) / fig. nasty, cruel people | |
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| | lit. to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom) / fig. to be terrified at the thought (of it) | |
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| | if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway | |
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| | to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom) / to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it | |
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| | like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey | |
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| | slot machine | |
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| | hot spell during autumn / Indian summer | |
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| | lit. to nurture a tiger invites calamity / fig. to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom) | |
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| | Huwei town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan | |
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| | lit. to stroke the tiger's whiskers / to do sth very daring | |
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| | tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen | |
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| | lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom) / fig. to display foolhardy courage | |
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| | (loanword) cholera | |
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| | crouching tiger / fig. major figure in hiding / concealed talent | |
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| | lit. a lamb in a tiger's den (idiom) / fig. to tread dangerous ground | |
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| | vise / pincer pliers | |
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| | Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Jinsha River 金沙江 in Yunnan | |
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| | Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010) | |
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| | Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit | |
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| | being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom) | |
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| | South China Tiger | |
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| | jumping spider (family Salticidae) | |
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| | Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) | |
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| | tiger bone (used in TCM) | |
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| | fight between powerful contenders | |
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| | lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well. / like father, like son | |
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| | Old Barag Banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市, Inner Mongolia | |
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| | jaguar | |
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| | lit. coiled dragon, crouching tiger (idiom) / fig. talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent | |
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| | Hulin, county-level city in Jixi 雞西|鸡西, Heilongjiang | |
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| | lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom) / fig. the fearlessness of youth | |
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| | New Barag left banner in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia | |
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| | piranha (fish) | |
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| | Tiger Brand (beer) | |
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| | slot machine | |
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| | (idiom) ferocious beasts | |
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| | (bird species of China) blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis) | |
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| | lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom) / fig. the young are fearless | |
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| | lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom) / fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers | |
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| | lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom) / fig. to be full of needless fears / reds under the beds | |
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| | tiger-head plaque (made of wood and mounted on the front of a yamen 衙門|衙门 during the Qing dynasty as a symbol of authority) | |
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| | Gobiidae (suborder of perch) | |
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