a wicked and fierce person
Yingshilangbu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī ngsh ì L á NGB ù, which means to look like an eagle and walk like a wolf. He was described as insidious and vicious. It comes from the biography of Goujian attacking Wu in the spring and Autumn period of Wu and Yue.
Analysis of Idioms
The eagle looks at the tiger
Idiom usage
Sima Yi's behavior is like an eagle's eye on a wolf's footstep. He can't give military power and will be a disaster to the country for a long time. The ninety first chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty
The origin of Idioms
Zhao Ye of Han Dynasty wrote in the spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue, the biography of Goujian attacking Wu: "the king of Yue is a man with a giraffed beak and a hawk's eye on a wolf's step. He can share weal and woe, but not happiness. He can walk with danger, not peace."
Chinese PinYin : yīng shì láng bù
a wicked and fierce person
resign from office and return to one 's native town. gào lǎo huán jiā
feel ashamed of one 's ungainly appearance. zì jué xíng huì
be confused like a tangle of flax. máng wú duān xù
mourn the ancient and grieve the modern. diào gǔ shāng jīn
reflect on oneself three times a day. sān xǐng wú shēn
the morning breeze and the lingering moon. xiǎo fēng cán yuè