为虎作伥 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 為虎作倀 wèihǔzuòchāng ㄨㄟˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄤ to act as accomplice to a villain to assist in wrongdoing idiom Character by character 为(wèi)because of 虎(hǔ)tiger 作(zuò)do 伥(chāng)ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0