act swiftly and violently
Hungry tiger catches sheep, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is è h ǔ Q í NY á ng, which means like a hungry tiger preys on a lamb. From Shuoyue Quanzhuan.
The origin of Idioms
In the seventh chapter of the complete biography of Shuoyue written by Qian Cai of Qing Dynasty, "my elder brother heard the sound of Suolang's fork and plate, which made him" starve the tiger to catch the sheep. "He cried," dare you come? "
Idiom usage
As an object or attributive. example he made a hungry action to make everyone laugh.
Analysis of Idioms
Hungry tiger pours on food
Chinese PinYin : è hǔ qín yáng
act swiftly and violently
white mountain and black water -- the landscape of northeast china. bái shān hēi shuǐ
Buying cattle and selling Swords. mǎi niú mài jiàn
embarrassingly short of money. ruǎn náng xiū sè
Long throat and short breath. hóu cháng qì duǎn