created sense approved 苍蝇老虎/蒼蠅老虎 · cāngyinglǎohǔ · jumping spider — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
苍蝇老虎 / 蒼蠅老虎
cāngyinglǎohǔ
jumping spider
(colloquial) jumping spider, named for its behavior of pouncing on houseflies
苍蝇 (literal) → 苍蝇/蒼蠅 · cāngying · fly 老虎 (literal) → 老虎 · lǎohǔ · tiger
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 苍蝇老虎/蒼蠅老虎 · cāngyinglǎohǔ · flies and tigers — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
苍蝇老虎 / 蒼蠅老虎
cāngyinglǎohǔ
flies and tigers
(metaphor) corrupt officials at both the low and high levels of government (referring to the anti-corruption campaign started in 2012)
苍蝇 (literal) → 苍蝇/蒼蠅 · cāngying · fly 老虎 (literal) → 老虎 · lǎohǔ · corrupt official
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition