狐假虎威
hújiá-hǔwēi
to borrow someone's power to intimidate others
Every meaning
hújiǎ-hǔwēi
- to borrow someone's power to intimidate others
In the Library
今天，“狐假虎威”的意思是：自己没什么本事，可是借着别人的力量，让别人害怕。
狐假虎威 · The fox and the tiger: borrowing a tiger’s power · HSK 4
Its characters
- 狐húfox
- 假jiǎfake; false; artificial
- 虎hǔtiger
- 威wēipower; might; prestige (as in 威力, 威信)
Words with 狐
Words with 假
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.