No published English translation for this sentence.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
虎背熊腰
back of a tiger and waist of a bear
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
back of a tiger and waist of a bear
02
tough and stocky build
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 虎背熊腰 actually appears in real sentences.
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COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 虎背熊腰.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 虎背熊腰.
Directly before
- 两个虎背熊腰1
- 变得虎背熊腰1
Directly after
- 虎背熊腰的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 虎背熊腰
What does 虎背熊腰 mean in Chinese?
虎背熊腰 (hǔbèixióngyāo) means back of a tiger and waist of a bear.
How do you pronounce 虎背熊腰?
虎背熊腰 is pronounced hǔbèixióngyāo.
Is 虎背熊腰 an HSK word?
虎背熊腰 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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