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豺狼虎豹
Mandarin · pinyin chái láng hǔ bào
Meanings
- (lit.) jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom)
- (fig.) nasty, cruel people
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2–2–3–4 · chai2 lang2 hu3 bao4
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caai4 long4 fu2 paau3
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noun
- (literary) the most ferocious beasts in Chinese legends – the dholes, the wolves, the tigers and the leopards; ferocious beasts in general
- (literary, figuratively) a group of ruthless and malevolent individuals
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