扮豬食老虎

扮豬食老虎

Chinese

		to disguise oneself; to dress up; adorn	hog; pig; swine	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	tiger; energy-consuming unit or machine
trad. (扮豬食老虎)		扮	豬	食	老虎
simp. (扮猪食老虎)		扮	猪	食	老虎
Literally: “to play the pig to eat the tiger”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan⁶ zyu¹ sik⁶ lou⁵ fu²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan⁶ zyu¹ sik⁶ lou⁵ fu²
    • Yale: baahn jyū sihk lóuh fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan⁶ dzy¹ sik⁹ lou⁵ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban⁶ ju¹ xig⁶ lou⁵ fu²
    • IPA ^(key): /päːn²² t͡ʃyː⁵⁵ sɪk̚² lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/

Idiom

扮豬食老虎

1. (Cantonese) to play dumb to take advantage of someone

Synonyms

• 扮豬吃老虎／扮猪吃老虎 (bàn zhū chī lǎohǔ)