如狼似虎

Chinese

		as (if); such as	wolf	to seem; to appear; similar to seem; to appear; similar; like; to resemble	tiger
trad. (如狼似虎)		如	狼	似	虎
simp. #(如狼似虎)		如	狼	似	虎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúlángsìhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄙˋ ㄏㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ long⁴ ci⁵ fu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúlángsìhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄙˋ ㄏㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúlángsìhhǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-lang²-ssŭ⁴-hu³
    • Yale: rú-láng-sz̀-hǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rulangsyhhuu
    • Palladius: жулансыху (žulansyxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ sz̩⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ long⁴ ci⁵ fu²
    • Yale: yùh lòhng chíh fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ long⁴ tsi⁵ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ long⁴ qi⁵ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ lɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰiː¹³ fuː³⁵/

Idiom

如狼似虎

1. brutal and ferocious

   • 一聲吩咐過了，兩傍走過幾個如狼似虎的公人，把那童生叉著膊子，一路跟頭，叉到大門外。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     一声吩咐过了，两傍走过几个如狼似虎的公人，把那童生叉着膊子，一路跟头，叉到大门外。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE

     Yī shēng fēnfù guò le, liǎngpáng zǒu guò jǐ ge rúlángsìhǔ de gōngrén, bǎ nà tóngshēng chā zhe bózi, yī lù gēntóu, chā dào dàmén wài. [Pinyin]

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