羊质虎皮
yáng​zhì​hǔ​pí

sheep in a tiger's skin

  • created reference approved 羊质虎皮/羊質虎皮 → 虎皮羊质/虎皮羊質 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    羊质虎皮 / 羊質虎皮 yáng​zhì​hǔ​pí

    虎皮羊质 / 虎皮羊質 hǔ​pí​yáng​zhì

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 羊质虎皮/羊質虎皮 · yáng​zhì​hǔ​pí · sheep in a tiger's skin — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    羊质虎皮 / 羊質虎皮

    yáng​zhì​hǔ​pí

    sheep in a tiger's skin

    Refers to someone who appears strong or impressive but is actually weak or lacks substance inside; outward show without inner reality

    yáng​zhí​hǔ​pí

    羊 (literal) → 羊 · yáng · sheep 质 (literal) → 质/質 · zhì · quality 虎皮 (literal) → 虎皮 · hǔ​pí · tiger skin

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

    created sense