如虎

rúhǔ
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 like a tiger
  2. 2 (as part of 如虎添翼) like a tiger with wings added

Examples

HSK 5
Tā yǒu le zhùshǒu, gōngzuò qǐlái rúhǔ.
With an assistant, he works like a tiger.
HSK 7-9
Yǒu le xīn fādòngjī, zhè kuǎn chē rúhǔ-tiānyì.
With the new engine, this car is like a tiger with wings.

Tips

usage
Almost never appears alone - it's the opening half of the chengyu 如虎添翼 ('to give wings to a tiger,' i.e. to dramatically enhance someone already strong). The segmenter extracted the prefix from that idiom.

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