拉大旗作虎皮

lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí

Dictionary entry

lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)

What does 拉大旗作虎皮 mean?

拉大旗作虎皮 (lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)

2fig. to borrow sb's prestige

3to take the name of a great cause as a shield

Character breakdown

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拉lāto pull · to play (a bowed instrument)大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)旗qíflag · variant of 旗[qi2]作zuō(bound form) worker · (bound form) workshop 虎hǔtiger · CL:隻|只[zhi1]皮Písurname Pi

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