虎皮羊質
hǔ​pí​yáng​zhì

a tiger's skin on a sheep

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

    虎皮羊质 / 虎皮羊質 hǔ​pí​yáng​zhì

    羊质虎皮 / 羊質虎皮 yáng​zhì​hǔ​pí

    variant

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

    created reference

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

    虎皮羊质 / 虎皮羊質

    hǔ​pí​yáng​zhì

    a tiger's skin on a sheep

    A sheep wrapped in a tiger's skin; used to describe someone who looks strong or imposing on the outside but remains weak and timid on the inside; also written as [[羊质虎皮|羊質虎皮|yang2 zhi4 hu3 pi2]]

    hǔ​pí​yáng​zhí

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

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

    created sense