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餓虎撲食

简饿虎扑食 · 繁餓虎撲食

Mandarin · pinyin è hǔ pū shí

like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey

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虎: hǔ · tiger; brave, fierce; surname
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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
饿: è · hungry; greedy for; hunger
扑: pū · pound, beat, strike; attack

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4–3–1–2 · e4 hu3 pu1 shi2

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