| 釋義 |
羊質(zhì)虎皮yáng zhì hǔ pía sheep in a tiger’s skin—outwardly strong,inwardly weak; pretend to be formidable but indeed timid
? ～功不就，鳳毛雞膽事難成。(《三國(guó)演義》280) For he was timid at heart,a lambkin dressed as a tiger. |Merely a cowardly chicken,phoenix-feathered but spurless. 羊質(zhì)虎皮yánɡ zhì hǔ pí質(zhì)：本性。本來是羊，只不過披了老虎的皮。比喻外表貌似強(qiáng)大嚇人，但實(shí)際上一點(diǎn)用處都沒有。outwardly strong, inwardly weak, strong in appearance but weak in internal, a dressed-up weaking |