bá​hǔ​xū

to pluck a tiger's whiskers

  • created reference approved 拔虎须/拔虎鬚 → 捋虎须/捋虎鬚 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拔虎须 / 拔虎鬚 bá​hǔ​xū

    捋虎须 / 捋虎鬚 luō​hǔ​xū

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    created reference

  • created reference approved 拔虎须/拔虎鬚 → 拈阄/拈鬮 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拔虎须 / 拔虎鬚 bá​hǔ​xū

    拈阄 / 拈鬮 niān​jiū

    same_as

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  • created sense approved 拔虎须/拔虎鬚 · bá​hǔ​xū · to pluck a tiger's whiskers — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拔虎须 / 拔虎鬚

    bá​hǔ​xū

    to pluck a tiger's whiskers

    To pluck a tiger's whiskers; to take a great risk or to provoke a powerful person.

    拔 (literal) → 拔 · bá · to pull up 虎须 (literal) → 虎须/虎鬚 · hǔ​xū · tiger's whiskers

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 拔虎须/拔虎鬚 · bá​hǔ​xū · swindle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拔虎须 / 拔虎鬚

    bá​hǔ​xū

    swindle

    A term for various forms of gambling fraud or swindling, originally referring to a specific shell-game-like trick using hidden strings.

    拔 (literal) → 拔 · bá · to pull up 虎须 (literal) → 虎须/虎鬚 · hǔ​xū · tiger's whiskers

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 拔虎须/拔虎鬚 · bá​hǔ​xū · to draw lots — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拔虎须 / 拔虎鬚

    bá​hǔ​xū

    to draw lots

    To draw lots or pick slips of paper to make a decision, same as [[拈阄|拈鬮|nian1 jiu1]].

    拔 (literal) → 拔 · bá · to pull up 虎须 (literal) → 虎须/虎鬚 · hǔ​xū · tiger's whiskers

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense