拉大旗作虎皮

1. • lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
2. • fig. to borrow sb's prestige
3. • to take the name of a great cause as a shield

Character by character

• 拉(lā)pull
• 大(dà)big
• 旗(qí)flag
• 作(zuò)do
• 虎(hǔ)tiger
• 皮(pí)surname Pi