jī​hǔ​pū​shí

like a hungry tiger pouncing

  • created reference approved 饥虎扑食/飢虎撲食 → 饿虎扑食/餓虎撲食 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    饥虎扑食 / 飢虎撲食 jī​hǔ​pū​shí

    饿虎扑食 / 餓虎撲食 è​hǔ​pū​shí

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 饥虎扑食/飢虎撲食 · jī​hǔ​pū​shí · like a hungry tiger pouncing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    饥虎扑食 / 飢虎撲食

    jī​hǔ​pū​shí

    like a hungry tiger pouncing

    to strike with sudden and fierce aggression; to act with great speed and ferocity

    饥 (literal) → 饥/飢 · jī · hungry 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 扑 (literal) → 扑/撲 · pū · to throw oneself at 食 (literal) → 食 · shí · food

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 饥虎扑食/飢虎撲食 · jī​hǔ​pū​shí · greedy as a hungry tiger — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    饥虎扑食 / 飢虎撲食

    jī​hǔ​pū​shí

    greedy as a hungry tiger

    extremely greedy for something, such as wealth or an opportunity, and seizing it without hesitation

    饥 (literal) → 饥/飢 · jī · hungry 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 扑 (literal) → 扑/撲 · pū · to throw oneself at 食 (literal) → 食 · shí · food

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

    created sense