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扮豬吃老虎
  baan6 zyu1 hek3 lou5 fu2   jyutping
  ban4 zhu1 chi1 lao3 hu3   pinyin
pretending to be the fool; feigning ignorance (Lit. play the pig to eat the tiger) []: 扮豬食老虎

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
扮豬吃老虎 / 扮猪吃老虎

This word has been viewed 4666 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by SophusNg on 12th Dec 2008 12:27 and last edited on 13th Dec 2008 05:00
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Characters in this word:

 baan6 baan3  -  act as; dress up as; pretend
 zyu1  -  pig
 hek3  -  eat
 lou5  -  old, venerable
 fu2  -  tiger
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