为虎作伥 wèihǔzuòchāng to help a villain do evil Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 为虎作伥 為虎作倀 wèihǔzuòchāng to help a villain do evil (idiom) to act as an accomplice to a villain; to abet an evildoer. From a legend where a person killed by a tiger becomes a ghost who helps the tiger find more victims. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.195 per million Cross-References Synonym 助纣为虐 zhùzhòuwéinüè助桀为虐 zhùjiéwéinüè为虎傅翼 wèihǔfùyìAntonym 为民除害 wèimínchúhàiReferenced by 伥鬼 chāngguǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
为虎作伥 為虎作倀 wèihǔzuòchāng to help a villain do evil (idiom) to act as an accomplice to a villain; to abet an evildoer. From a legend where a person killed by a tiger becomes a ghost who helps the tiger find more victims. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.195 per million Cross-References Synonym 助纣为虐 zhùzhòuwéinüè助桀为虐 zhùjiéwéinüè为虎傅翼 wèihǔfùyìAntonym 为民除害 wèimínchúhàiReferenced by 伥鬼 chāngguǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
