拔虎须
Traditional (Taiwan):
拔虎鬚
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to offend a powerful and wicked person
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to beard the lion in his den
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Saying俗语俗語
Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now
- Literally
- plucking a tiger's whiskers
- Meaning
- Offending a powerful and wicked person. Like 'beard the lion in his den'.
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