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扮豬食老虎

baan6 zyu1 sik6 lou5 fu2

pretending to be the fool; feigning ignorance (lit.: pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger)

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

扮豬食老虎 / 扮猪食老虎

This word was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 20th Jan 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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扮 baan6 ban4 - to act as; to play (a role); to disguise as
豬 zyu1 zhu1 zhe1 - pig
食 sik6 zi6 ji6 shi2 yi4 {si4} - eat
老 lou5 lao3 - old, venerable
虎 fu2 hu3 - tiger

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