苍蝇老虎

Traditional: 蒼蠅老虎

cāng ying lǎo hǔ

Dictionary entry

(coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)

What does 苍蝇老虎 mean?

苍蝇老虎 (cāng ying lǎo hǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)

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苍Cāngsurname Cang 蝇yíngfly · musca 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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苍蝇老虎

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