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lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom) / fig. extremely dangerous situation
back of a tiger and waist of a bear / tough and stocky build
the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong / Humen Town 虎門鎮|虎门镇
tigon or tiglon, hybrid cross between a male tiger and a lioness
a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom) / even wild beasts look after their young
valiant general
lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom) / fig. to narrowly escape death
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)
Huwei town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
orca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain
(loanword) cholera
tiger cub / brave young man
Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Jinsha River 金沙江 in Yunnan
budgerigar (genus Psittacella, several species) / budgie
Hulin, a county-level city in Jixi City 雞西市|鸡西市, Heilongjiang
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  *虎* | 虎* | *虎
tiger / CL: 隻|只
HSK 5
Year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
(dialect) shrike / Taiwan pr. [hu3 bu5 la1]
tiger's den / dangerous place / the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand
vise
lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain
tiger bone (used in TCM)
(coll.) eye tooth (maxillary canine tooth)
to take a fierce look
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.)
(bird species of China) tiger shrike (Lanius tigrinus)
hornet
Tiger Brand (beer)
Huqiu, a district of Suzhou City 蘇州市|苏州市, Jiangsu
(loanword) cholera
budgerigar
lit. to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom) / fig. to eye covetously
Huwei town in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
common tiger butterfly (Danaus genutia)
Hu Zhua Pai - "Tiger Claw Sytem" - Martial Art
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
vigorous / formidable / strong
a short-barreled mortar / an ancient catapult
snake plant aka mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena trifasciata)
(bird species of China) scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma)
see 刈包
name of "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141) / see also
(bird species of China) Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
variant of 琥珀


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