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Definition(s) for: 拉大旗作虎皮

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
拉大旗作虎皮 lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí - lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
- fig. to borrow sb's prestige
- to take the name of a great cause as a shield

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
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Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
拉 lā- to pull
- to play (a bowed instrument)
- to drag
- to draw
- to chat
- (coll.) to empty one's bowels
拉 lá- to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash
拉 là- used in 拉拉蛄[la4la4gu3]
- variant of 落[la4]
大 dà- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
大 dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
旗 qí- banner
- flag
- (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2])
- administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county
- CL:面[mian4]
旗 qí- flag
- variant of 旗[qi2]
作 zuō- (bound form) worker
- (bound form) workshop
- (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
作 zuò- to do; to engage in
- to write; to compose
- to pretend; to feign
- to regard as; to consider to be
- to be; to act the part of
- to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
- writings; works
虎 hǔ- tiger
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
皮 pí- surname Pi
皮 pí- leather
- skin
- fur
- CL:張|张[zhang1]
- pico- (one trillionth)
- naughty

Other Words Containing 拉大旗作虎皮

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo