窗户上画老虎,吓唬不了人窗戶上畫老虎,嚇唬不了人窗户上畫老虎,嚇唬不了人

painting a tiger on a window: it can't scare anyone

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Empty bluster that frightens no one. Mocking. Close to 'his bark is worse than his bite'.

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Simplified: 窗户上画老虎,吓唬不了人
Traditional (Taiwan): 窗戶上畫老虎,嚇唬不了人
Traditional (Hong Kong): 窗户上畫老虎,嚇唬不了人
Pinyin: chuānghu shàng huà lǎohǔ,xiàhu bù liǎo rén
Bopomofo: ㄔㄨㄤ ˙ㄏㄨㄕㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ,ㄒㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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