to play the wolf in sheep's clothing; to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to lull one's target into letting their guard down
trad. 扮豬吃老虎
Also written 扮豬吃老虎【bàn zhū chī lǎo hǔ】
Characters in this word
5扮
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to disguise oneself as, to dress up, to play (a role), to put on (an expression)
- Pinyin
- bàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 7667 of 2500
猪
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hog, pig, swine, CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]
- Pinyin
- zhū
- Traditional
- 豬
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 1951 of 2500
吃
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to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- Pinyin
- chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 143 of 2500
老
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prefix 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old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 511 of 2500
虎
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tiger, CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- hǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10628 of 2500