扮豬食老虎

Chinese

		to disguise oneself; to dress up; adorn	hog; pig; swine	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	tiger; tractor
trad. (扮豬食老虎)		扮	豬	食	老虎
simp. (扮猪食老虎)		扮	猪	食	老虎
Literally: “to play the pig to eat the tiger”.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): baan⁶ zyu¹ sik⁶ lou⁵ fu²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baan⁶ zyu¹ sik⁶ lou⁵ fu²
  - Yale: baahn jyū sihk lóuh fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baan⁶ dzy¹ sik⁹ lou⁵ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ban⁶ ju¹ xig⁶ lou⁵ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn²² t͡syː⁵⁵ sɪk̚² lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/

Idiom

扮豬食老虎

(Cantonese) to play dumb to take advantage of someone

Synonyms

扮豬吃老虎／扮猪吃老虎 (bàn zhū chī lǎohǔ)

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