"紙老虎" meaning in Chinese

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    {
      "english": "In fair times, you are a big talker and show off splendid martial art. In a pinch, you are so pathetic that in face of a paper tiger, you awkwardly fall into a fit of panic (the adulter hid under the bed, scolded for not dueling the chastiser)",
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      "ref": " Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14ᵗʰ century CE",
      "roman": "Xiáncháng shí zhǐ rú diǎozuǐ, màinòng shāhǎo quánbàng. Jí shàngchǎng shí, biàn méi xiē yòng, jiàn gè zhǐhǔ, yě xià yījiāo.",
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      "text": "閒常時只如鳥嘴，賣弄殺好拳棒。急上場時，便沒些用，見箇紙虎，也嚇一交。",
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      "english": "In fair times, you are a big talker and show off splendid martial art. In a pinch, you are so pathetic that in face of a paper tiger, you awkwardly fall into a fit of panic (the adulter hid under the bed, scolded for not dueling the chastiser)",
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        "Simplified Chinese"
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      "ref": " Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14ᵗʰ century CE",
      "roman": "Xiáncháng shí zhǐ rú diǎozuǐ, màinòng shāhǎo quánbàng. Jí shàngchǎng shí, biàn méi xiē yòng, jiàn gè zhǐhǔ, yě xià yījiāo.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "闲常时只如鸟嘴，卖弄杀好拳棒。急上场时，便没些用，见个纸虎，也吓一交。",
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    }
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "An early attestation is in the Water Margin as 紙虎:\n*",
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    {
      "form": "纸老虎",
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          "english": "All reactionaries are paper tigers. In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they are not so powerful.",
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          "ref": " 1946, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《和美國記者安娜·劉易斯·斯特朗的談話》 (Talk with the American Correspondent Anna Louise Strong), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Yīqiè fǎndòngpài dōu shì zhǐlǎohǔ. Kàn qǐlái, fǎndòngpài de yàngzǐ shì kěpà de, dànshì shíjìshàng bìng méiyǒu shénme lebùqǐ de lìliàng.",
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          "text": "一切反動派都是紙老虎。看起來，反動派的樣子是可怕的，但是實際上並沒有什麼了不起的力量。",
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          "english": "All reactionaries are paper tigers. In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they are not so powerful.",
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          "ref": " 1946, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《和美國記者安娜·劉易斯·斯特朗的談話》 (Talk with the American Correspondent Anna Louise Strong), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Yīqiè fǎndòngpài dōu shì zhǐlǎohǔ. Kàn qǐlái, fǎndòngpài de yàngzǐ shì kěpà de, dànshì shíjìshàng bìng méiyǒu shénme lebùqǐ de lìliàng.",
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          "text": "一切反动派都是纸老虎。看起来，反动派的样子是可怕的，但是实际上并没有什么了不起的力量。",
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        "paper tiger"
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      "zh-pron": "zhǐlǎohǔ"
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zi² lou⁵ fu²"
    },
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    },
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "zhǐlǎohǔ [Phonetic:zhǐláohǔ]"
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "jhǐhlǎohǔ"
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        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "chih³-lao³-hu³"
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        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jř-lǎu-hǔ"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyylaohuu"
    },
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        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжилаоху"
    },
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        "Palladius"
      ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "jí lóuh fú"
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzi² lou⁵ fu²"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ji² lou⁵ fu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zua² lao⁶ houn²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsuá lău hóuⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sua⁵²⁻³⁵ lau³⁵⁻¹¹ hõũ⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
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      "other": "[Phonetic: zhǐláohǔ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sua⁵²⁻³⁵ lau³⁵⁻¹¹ hõũ⁵²/"
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  "word": "紙老虎"
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    {
      "english": "In fair times, you are a big talker and show off splendid martial art. In a pinch, you are so pathetic that in face of a paper tiger, you awkwardly fall into a fit of panic (the adulter hid under the bed, scolded for not dueling the chastiser)",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Written Vernacular Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14ᵗʰ century CE",
      "roman": "Xiáncháng shí zhǐ rú diǎozuǐ, màinòng shāhǎo quánbàng. Jí shàngchǎng shí, biàn méi xiē yòng, jiàn gè zhǐhǔ, yě xià yījiāo.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "閒常時只如鳥嘴，賣弄殺好拳棒。急上場時，便沒些用，見箇紙虎，也嚇一交。",
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    {
      "english": "In fair times, you are a big talker and show off splendid martial art. In a pinch, you are so pathetic that in face of a paper tiger, you awkwardly fall into a fit of panic (the adulter hid under the bed, scolded for not dueling the chastiser)",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Written Vernacular Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Shi Nai'an, Water Margin, circa 14ᵗʰ century CE",
      "roman": "Xiáncháng shí zhǐ rú diǎozuǐ, màinòng shāhǎo quánbàng. Jí shàngchǎng shí, biàn méi xiē yòng, jiàn gè zhǐhǔ, yě xià yījiāo.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "闲常时只如鸟嘴，卖弄杀好拳棒。急上场时，便没些用，见个纸虎，也吓一交。",
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          "english": "All reactionaries are paper tigers. In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they are not so powerful.",
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          "ref": " 1946, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《和美國記者安娜·劉易斯·斯特朗的談話》 (Talk with the American Correspondent Anna Louise Strong), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Yīqiè fǎndòngpài dōu shì zhǐlǎohǔ. Kàn qǐlái, fǎndòngpài de yàngzǐ shì kěpà de, dànshì shíjìshàng bìng méiyǒu shénme lebùqǐ de lìliàng.",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "一切反動派都是紙老虎。看起來，反動派的樣子是可怕的，但是實際上並沒有什麼了不起的力量。",
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          "english": "All reactionaries are paper tigers. In appearance, the reactionaries are terrifying, but in reality they are not so powerful.",
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          "ref": " 1946, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《和美國記者安娜·劉易斯·斯特朗的談話》 (Talk with the American Correspondent Anna Louise Strong), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Yīqiè fǎndòngpài dōu shì zhǐlǎohǔ. Kàn qǐlái, fǎndòngpài de yàngzǐ shì kěpà de, dànshì shíjìshàng bìng méiyǒu shénme lebùqǐ de lìliàng.",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "一切反动派都是纸老虎。看起来，反动派的样子是可怕的，但是实际上并没有什么了不起的力量。",
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      "zh-pron": "zhǐlǎohǔ"
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zi² lou⁵ fu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "zua² lao⁶ houn²"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhǐlǎohǔ [Phonetic:zhǐláohǔ]"
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    {
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhǐhlǎohǔ"
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      "zh-pron": "chih³-lao³-hu³"
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      "zh-pron": "jř-lǎu-hǔ"
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      "zh-pron": "jyylaohuu"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "чжилаоху"
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "čžilaoxu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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      "zh-pron": "jí lóuh fú"
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      "zh-pron": "dzi² lou⁵ fu²"
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      "zh-pron": "ji² lou⁵ fu²"
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        "Teochew"
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      "zh-pron": "zua² lao⁶ houn²"
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        "Teochew"
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      "zh-pron": "tsuá lău hóuⁿ"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡siː³⁵ lou̯¹³ fuː³⁵/"
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      "ipa": "/t͡sua⁵²⁻³⁵ lau³⁵⁻¹¹ hõũ⁵²/"
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  "word": "紙老虎"
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