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  *虎* | 虎* | *虎
tiger / CL: 隻|只
HSK 5
careless / sloppy / negligent / skimpy
HSK 7-9
tiger / CL: 隻|只
Land Rover
Yahoo, Internet portal
outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing)
stumbling block
White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia
hot spell during autumn / Indian summer
gecko; house lizard
man with a big smile and evil intentions
vigorous / formidable / strong
fierce tiger
Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
careless / casual / vague / not so bad / so-so / tolerable / fair
to subdue a tiger / fig. to prevail over sinister forces
three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
lit. like wolves and tigers / ruthless
paper tiger
lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom) / fig. talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent
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
to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)
a deliberate show of strength as a warning
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
crouching tiger / fig. major figure in hiding / concealed talent
jumping spider (family Salticidae)
Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom) / fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us / (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
fierce animals
(bird species of China) blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
Shi Hu (295-349), emperor of Later Zhao 後趙|后赵
leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) / sculpted stone tiger installed at the tomb of revered figures in ancient times to ward off evil spirits
jaguar
Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom) / fig. the fearlessness of youth
lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom) / fig. the young are fearless
lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom) / fig. to be full of needless fears / reds under the beds
saber-toothed tiger
slot machine
(bird species of China) rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
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
(bird species of China) chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti)
tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen
lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom) / fig. vigorous and lively
lit. coiled dragon, crouching tiger (idiom) / fig. talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent
(bird species of China) green bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
see 艾鼬
tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger (idiom)
South China Tiger
(coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)
(bird species of China) blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis)
(bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
muddle-headed
(bird species of China) European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)


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