狐假虎威

Chinese

		fox	vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	tiger	power; might; prestige
trad. (狐假虎威)		狐	假	虎	威
simp. #(狐假虎威)		狐	假	虎	威
Literally: “the fox exploits the tiger's might”.

Etymology

From a fable in Zhan Guo Ce.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hújiǎhǔwēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ gaa² fu² wai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hújiǎhǔwēi [Phonetic: hújiáhǔwēi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hújiǎhǔwei
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-chia³-hu³-wei¹
    • Yale: hú-jyǎ-hǔ-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwujeahuuuei
    • Palladius: хуцзяхувэй (xuczjaxuvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ gaa² fu² wai¹
    • Yale: wùh gá fú wāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ gaa² fu² wai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ ga² fu² wei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ kaː³⁵ fuː³⁵ wɐi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 狐假虎威

1. (figurative, derogatory) to use powerful connections to intimidate people