狐憑鼠伏
hú​píng​shǔ​fú

to hide in ambush

  • created reference approved 狐凭鼠伏/狐憑鼠伏 → 狐潜鼠伏/狐潛鼠伏 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狐凭鼠伏 / 狐憑鼠伏 hú​píng​shǔ​fú

    狐潜鼠伏 / 狐潛鼠伏 hú​qián​shǔ​fú

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 狐凭鼠伏/狐憑鼠伏 · hú​píng​shǔ​fú · to hide in ambush — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狐凭鼠伏 / 狐憑鼠伏

    hú​píng​shǔ​fú

    to hide in ambush

    to lurk or hide like a fox or a rat; used to describe people of ill repute hiding out of fear after losing power

    狐 (literal) → 狐 · hú · fox 凭 (literal) → 凭/憑 · píng · to rely on 鼠 (literal) → 鼠 · shǔ · rat 伏 (literal) → 伏 · fú · to hide

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

    created sense