山狸猫坐门墩儿,假充镇山虎 山狸貓坐門墩兒,假充鎮山虎 山狸貓坐門墩兒,假充鎮山虎

a wildcat sitting on a gate-block, posing as the mountain-guarding tiger

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
A nobody pretending to be an important figure. Mocking.
Simplified
山狸猫坐门墩儿,假充镇山虎
Traditional (Taiwan)
山狸貓坐門墩兒,假充鎮山虎
Pinyin
shān límāo zuò méndūn ér, jiǎchōng zhèn shān hǔ
Bopomofo
ㄕㄢ ㄌㄧˊ ㄇㄠ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄣ ㄦˊ,ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄓㄣˋ ㄕㄢ ㄏㄨˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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