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飞虎队
fēi hǔ duì
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Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two;
Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit
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白虎
bái hǔ
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White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky);
(slang) hairless female genitalia
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虎牙
hǔ yá
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(coll.) eye tooth (maxillary canine tooth)
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为虎作伥
wèi hǔ zuò chāng
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to act as accomplice to the tiger;
to help a villain do evil (idiom)
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老虎凳
lǎo hǔ dèng
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tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
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虎钳
hǔ qián
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vise
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虎骨
hǔ gǔ
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tiger bone (used in TCM)
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爬山虎
pá shān hǔ
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Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
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秋老虎
qiū lǎo hǔ
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hot spell during autumn;
Indian summer
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虎将
hǔ jiàng
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valiant general
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虎年
hǔ nián
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Year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
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谈虎色变
tán hǔ sè biàn
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to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom);
to be scared at the mere mention of
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路虎
lù hǔ
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Land Rover
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龙虎
lóng hǔ
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outstanding people;
water and fire (in Daoist writing)
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一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
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lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom);
fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us;
(of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
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三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
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three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
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不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué ， yān dé hǔ zǐ
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How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
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tremendous strength (idiom)
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二虎相斗，必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu ， bì yǒu yī shāng
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lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom);
fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
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二虎相鬥，必有一傷
èr hǔ xiāng dòu ， bì yǒu yī shāng
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lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom);
fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
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五虎将
wǔ hǔ jiàng
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Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠
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五虎將
wǔ hǔ jiàng
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Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠
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伏虎
fú hǔ
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to subdue a tiger;
fig. to prevail over sinister forces
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伴君如伴虎
bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ
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being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
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两虎相争
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
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two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
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