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豺狼虎豹

Mandarin · pinyin chái láng hǔ bào

(lit.) jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom)
(fig.) nasty, cruel people

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豺: chái · wolf; cruel, wicked, mean
狼: láng · wolf
虎: hǔ · tiger; brave, fierce; surname
豹: bào · leopard, panther; surname

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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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