Lao hu tou shang da cang ying, Lǎo hǔ tóu shàng dǎ cāng yíng: 1 definition
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老虎頭上打蒼蠅 [lǎo hǔ tóu shàng dǎ cāng yíng] [lao hu tou shang da cang ying]—
(歇後語 [xie hou yu]) 好大的膽子 [hao da de dan zi]、惹麻煩 [re ma fan]、不想活了 [bu xiang huo le]。 (A 歇後語 [xie hou yu] - allegorical two-part saying) How audacious, asking for trouble, tired of living. 老虎 [lao hu] (lǎohǔ) are fierce animals, yet one dares to swat 蒼蠅 [cang ying] (cāngyíng) on a 虎頭 [hu tou] (hǔtóu). It is a metaphor for acting recklessly and audaciously. From Chapter 20 of The Travels of Lao Can (《老殘遊記 [lao can you ji]》): "Ask him if he has a head? Who dares to swat flies on a tiger's head?" Also rendered as "老虎頭上拍蒼蠅 [lao hu tou shang pai cang ying]" (lǎohǔ tóu shàng pāi cāngyíng) or "老虎頭上撲蒼蠅 [lao hu tou shang pu cang ying]" (lǎohǔ tóu shàng pū cāngyíng).
老虎頭上打蒼蠅：（歇後語）好大的膽子、惹麻煩、不想活了。老虎是凶猛的動物，竟在虎頭上拍打蒼蠅。比喻膽大妄為。《老殘遊記》第二○回：「問他有腦袋沒有？誰敢在老虎頭上打蒼蠅。」也作「老虎頭上拍蒼蠅」、「老虎頭上撲蒼蠅」。
lǎo hǔ tóu shàng dǎ cāng yíng: (xiē hòu yǔ) hǎo dà de dǎn zi,, rě má fán,, bù xiǎng huó le. lǎo hǔ shì xiōng měng de dòng wù, jìng zài hǔ tóu shàng pāi dǎ cāng yíng. bǐ yù dǎn dà wàng wèi. < lǎo cán yóu jì> dì èr○huí: “wèn tā yǒu nǎo dài méi yǒu? shuí gǎn zài lǎo hǔ tóu shàng dǎ cāng yíng.” yě zuò “lǎo hǔ tóu shàng pāi cāng yíng” ,, “lǎo hǔ tóu shàng pū cāng yíng” .
lao hu tou shang da cang ying: (xie hou yu) hao da de dan zi,, re ma fan,, bu xiang huo le. lao hu shi xiong meng de dong wu, jing zai hu tou shang pai da cang ying. bi yu dan da wang wei. < lao can you ji> di er○hui: "wen ta you nao dai mei you? shui gan zai lao hu tou shang da cang ying." ye zuo "lao hu tou shang pai cang ying" ,, "lao hu tou shang pu cang ying" .
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Partial matches: Tou, Ying, Shang, Cang, Hu, Lao, Chang, Da, Lo, Ta.
Full-text: Lao hu tou shang pu cang ying, Lao hu tou shang pai cang ying.
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