扮豬吃老虎

扮豬吃老虎

See also: 扮猪吃老虎

Chinese

		to disguise oneself; to dress up; adorn	hog; pig; swine	eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	tiger; energy-consuming unit or machine
trad. (扮豬吃老虎)		扮	豬	吃	老虎
simp. (扮猪吃老虎)		扮	猪	吃	老虎
Literally: “to play the pig to eat the tiger”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàn zhū chī lǎohǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄓㄨ ㄔ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan⁶ zyu¹ hek³ lou⁵ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bàn zhū chī lǎohǔ [Phonetic: bànzhūchīláohǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄓㄨ ㄔ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann ju chy laohuu
    • IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan⁶ zyu¹ hek³ lou⁵ fu²
    • Yale: baahn jyū hek lóuh fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan⁶ dzy¹ hek⁸ lou⁵ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban⁶ ju¹ hég³ lou⁵ fu²
    • IPA ^(key): /päːn²² t͡ʃyː⁵⁵ hɛːk̚³ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/

Idiom

扮豬吃老虎

1. to play dumb to take advantage of someone

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 扮豬食老虎／扮猪食老虎