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  *虎* | 虎* | *虎
tiger / CL: 隻|只
HSK 5
careless / sloppy / negligent / skimpy
HSK 7-9
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
gecko; house lizard
tiger / CL: 隻|只
White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia
Yahoo, Internet portal
fierce tiger
outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing)
slot machine
lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom) / fig. to be full of needless fears / reds under the beds
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
lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom) / fig. vigorous and lively
stumbling block
lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom) / fig. the young are fearless
tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen
paper tiger
careless / casual / vague / not so bad / so-so / tolerable / fair
being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
saber-toothed tiger
crouching tiger / fig. major figure in hiding / concealed talent
lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom) / fig. talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent
jumping spider (family Salticidae)
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
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
to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)
jaguar
see 艾鼬
electricity hog; electricity guzzler
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
lit. like wolves and tigers / ruthless
Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
fierce animals
man with a big smile and evil intentions
vigorous / formidable / strong
a deliberate show of strength as a warning
three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom) / fig. the fearlessness of youth
hot spell during autumn / Indian summer
to subdue a tiger / fig. to prevail over sinister forces
Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
Land Rover
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
Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
(bird species of China) Asian green bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
(bird species of China) blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis)
(bird species of China) rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
(bird species of China) blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
(bird species of China) chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti)
lit. coiled dragon, crouching tiger (idiom) / fig. talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent
South China Tiger
(coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)
(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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