拉大旗作虎皮
Traditional form:
拉大旗作虎皮
Pinyin (reading):
lādàqízuòhǔpí
Definitions:
- lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
- fig. to borrow sb's prestige
- to take the name of a great cause as a shield
Characters:
- 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 旗 - banner, flag, streamer
- 作 - to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 皮 - skin, hide, fur, feathers
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