(idiom) to act as accomplice to a villain; to assist in wrongdoing
trad. 為虎作倀
Also written 為虎作倀【wèi hǔ zuò chāng】
Characters in this word
4为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
虎
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tiger, CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- hǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10628 of 2500
作
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(bound form) worker, (bound form) workshop, (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- Pinyin
- zuō
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1866 of 2500
伥
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(bound form) ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others
- Pinyin
- chāng
- Traditional
- 倀
- Strokes
- 6