狐假虎威

lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people

Characters and words in 狐假虎威

fox
used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]
fake / false / artificial / to borrow / if / suppose
vacation

= + : Rosa Luxemburg and Joan of Arc want to go on vacation together, but they already used up all of their vacation days. That's why for the upcoming eye examination in the ashram's bathroom, they put in some glass eyes so that they will get a sick leave.
variant of 假[jia3] / to borrow

Mnemonic symbol: a fake eye, 假眼
tiger / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

= + : Helga Horse (hu) is trying once more to get some nice stripes (虍). This time she is lying on the tiger's (虎) small table (几) to have him tattoo the stripes on her body in the space station (Ø3).
power / might / prestige

= + : Mnemonic symbol: James Clerk Maxwell, 马克斯威

Maxwell holds a special lecture in front of the Eiffel Tower, and his students are Bessie Coleman, Willie Walrus and a cute poodle. Maxwell spends a lot of time explaining the inverse power law of electrostatic forces.

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