纸老虎

Traditional: 紙老虎

zhǐ lǎo hǔ

Dictionary entry

paper tiger

What does 纸老虎 mean?

纸老虎 (zhǐ lǎo hǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1paper tiger

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纸zhǐvariant of 紙|纸[zhi3]老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity · old (of people)虎hǔtiger · CL:隻|只[zhi1]

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纸老虎

zhǐ lǎo hǔ

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