虎符
hǔ fú
Pinyin
Definition
虎符
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- tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
- 2 fig. vigorous and lively
- 1 in keeping with
- 2 in accordance with
- 3 tallying with
- 4 in line with
- 5 to agree with
- 6 to accord with
- 7 to conform to
- 8 to correspond with
- 9 to manage
- 10 to handle
- 1 crouching tiger
- 2 fig. major figure in hiding
- 3 concealed talent
Idioms (20)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
- 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
九牛二虎之力
- 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
二虎相斗，必有一伤
- 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
- 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt