放紙虎
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Chinese[edit]
to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out |
paper | tiger | ||
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trad. (放紙虎) | 放 | 紙 | 虎 | |
simp. (放纸虎) | 放 | 纸 | 虎 | |
Literally: “to distribute paper tigers”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
放⫽紙虎 (verb-object)
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to defame someone through leaflets, posters, etc.; to blackmail someone
References[edit]
- “Entry #14097”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.