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虎父无犬子
hǔ​fù​wú​quǎn​zǐ

like father, like son

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 虎 hǔ noun
    tiger
    tiger; commonly referred to as 老虎 lǎo​hǔ
  2. 父 fù noun
    father
    (bound form) father; male relative of an older generation
  3. 无 無 wú adjectiveverb
    to not have
    to not have; there is no; lack; (as prefix) non-; un-; -less
  4. 犬子 quǎn​zǐ
    my son
    (literary) a humble way to refer to one's own son when speaking to others