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老虎
lou5 fu2
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tiger; [粵]: a powerful person in the criminal underworld  Level: 2 Google Frequency: 1,680,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 5513 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 1st Mar 2009 20:18 |
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Characters in this word:老 lou5 - old, venerable虎 fu2 - tiger 15 compounds containing this word:紙老虎 - a paper tiger秋老虎 - hot weather after the start of Autumn; the after summer; "Indian Summer" 吃角子老虎機 - fruit machine, slot machine 老虎機 - a parking meter 餵老虎機 - to insert coins into a parking meter 老虎斑 - brown marbled grouper 扮豬食老虎 - pretending to be the fool; feigning ignorance 老虎蟹 - no matter what (lit., "tiger crab") 扮豬吃老虎 - pretending to be the fool; feigning ignorance 老虎乸 - a ferocious woman, a shrew 老虎牙 - canine teeth 老虎蝦 - tiger prawn 老虎頭上釘虱乸 - Beard the lion in his den 今晚打老虎 - Comment allez-vous? ; how are you? Common Formations: 老虎隊 - tiger team; Detroit Tigers |
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