虎 hǔ
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hǔ
noun
tiger
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: , Concept: Animal 兽
Notes: Same as 老虎; etymology: 虎：山獸之君。 'Hǔ: the lord of the mountain beasts.' (Shuo Wen Jie Zi, Scroll 6 《說文解字‧卷六》; Guoyu '虎' n 1; Kroll 2015 '虎' 1; Unihan '虎') -
hǔ
proper noun
Hu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '虎' n 2; Unihan '虎') -
hǔ
adjective
brave / fierce
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain:
Notes: In the sense of 勇猛 (Kroll 2015 '虎' 1; Unihan '虎')
Contained in
- 虎口余生(虎口餘生) to escape from the tiger's mouth / to have a narrow escape
- 前门拒虎，后门进狼(前門拒虎，後門進狼) to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back
- 狮虎兽(獅虎獸) liger, hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress
- 老虎机(老虎機) slot machine
- 盘龙卧虎(盤龍臥虎) coiled dragon, crouching tiger / talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent
- 鱼虎(魚虎) giant snakehead / giant mudfish / Indonesian snakehead ; kingfishers
- 迷离马虎(迷離馬虎) muddle-headed
- 前门打虎，后门打狼(前門打虎，後門打狼) to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back
- 虎字头(虎字頭) name of Kangxi radical 141
- 两虎相争(兩虎相爭) two tigers fighting / fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
- 纸老虎(紙老虎) paper tiger
- 飞虎队(飛虎隊) Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two
- 降龙伏虎(降龍伏虎) to vanquish dragons and tigers
- 如虎添翼 like a tiger that has grown wings / with redoubled power
- 彩虹蜂虎 rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
- 谈虎色变(談虎色變) to turn pale at the mention of a tiger / to be scared at the mere mention of
- 熊腰虎背 waist of a bear and back of a tiger / tough and stocky build
- 豺狼虎豹 jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers / animals who are dangerous to man and cattle
- 虾虎鱼(蝦虎魚) goby (flat fish, Gobiidae)
- 苍蝇老虎(蒼蠅老虎) jumping spider
- 吃角子老虎 slot machine
- 虎起脸(虎起臉) to take a fierce look
- 骑虎难下(騎虎難下) if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off / impossible to stop halfway
- 饿虎扑食(餓虎撲食) like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
- 三人成虎 three men talking makes a tiger / repeated rumor becomes a fact
- 老虎 tiger
- 二虎相斗，必有一伤(二虎相鬥，必有一傷) when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded / if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
- 虎纹伯劳(虎紋伯勞) tiger shrike (Lanius tigrinus)
- 虎年 Year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
- 打马虎眼(打馬虎眼) to play dumb / to slack off
- 水虎鱼(水虎魚) piranha (fish)
- 华南虎(華南虎) South China tiger
- 苛政猛于虎(苛政猛於虎) tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger
- 蝇虎(蠅虎) jumping spider
- 虎骨 tiger bone (used in TCM)
- 伴君如伴虎 being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger
- 虎斑鹦鹉(虎斑鸚鵡) budgerigar (genus Psittacella, several species) / budgie
- 虎视眈眈(虎視眈眈) to stare at like a tiger watching [its prey]
Also contained in
虎门镇 、 虎林 、 舍身饲虎 、 虎门镇 、 摩虎罗 、 白虎观 、 老虎伍兹 、 唐伯虎 、 把猫说成虎
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- 卷95 匈奴劉聰 羯胡石勒 鐵弗劉虎 徒何慕容廆 臨渭氐苻健 羌姚萇 略陽氐吕光 Volume 95: Liu Cong of the Xiongnu, Shi Le of the Jie People, Liu Hu of the Tiefu, Murong Hui of the Tuhe, Fu Jian of the Linwei Di, Yao Chong of the Qiang, Lu Guang of the Lüeyang Di Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 47
- 第一百回 Chapter 100 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 43
- 卷52 列傳第17 韓擒虎 賀若弼 Volume 52 Biographies 17: Han Qinhu, He Ruobi Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 35
- 卷一百八十七 志第一百四十 兵一 Volume 187 Treatises 140: Military 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
- 定公 Lord Ding The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 33
- 《虎部》 Hǔ Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 33
- 第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 31
- 卷二百六十九 列傳第一百五十七 艾萬年 李卑 湯九州 陳于王 侯良柱 張令 猛如虎 虎大威 孫應元 姜名武 尤世威 侯世祿 劉國能 Volume 269 Biographies 157: Ai Wannian, Li Bei, Tang Jiuzhou, Chen Yuwang, Hou Liangzhu, Zhang Ling, Meng Ruhu, Hu Dawei, Sun Yingyuan, Jiang Mingwu, You Shiwei, Hou Shilu, Liu Guoneng History of Ming 明史 — count: 30
- 卷三十 列傳第十一 薛淵 戴僧靜 桓康 焦度 曹虎 Volume 30 Biographies 11: Xue Yuan, Dai Sengjing, Huan Kang, Jiao Du, Cao Hu Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 30
- 卷十八 志第八 禮五 Volume 18 Treatises 8: Rituals 5 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 29
Collocations
- 阳虎 (陽虎) 孟懿子陽虎伐鄆 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 39
- 虎牢 (虎牢) 自虎牢以東 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 17
- 罕虎 (罕虎) 鄭罕虎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 10
- 虎贲 (虎賁) 虎賁 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 立政 Zhou Shu - Establishment of Government — count: 10
- 王子虎 (王子虎) 王命尹氏及王子虎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 7
- 城虎 (城虎) 遂城虎牢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
- 虎曰 (虎曰) 虎曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 6
- 庆虎 (慶虎) 慶虎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
- 成虎 (成虎) 楚子謂成虎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
- 郑虎 (鄭虎) 戍鄭虎牢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5