如虎

rúhǔ

phrase

Meanings

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

Characters

Examples

有了新发动机，这款车如虎添翼。

Yǒule xīn fādòngjī, zhè kuǎn chē rúhǔtiānyì.

With the new engine, this car is like a tiger with wings.

他有了助手，工作起来如虎。

Tā yǒule zhùshǒu, gōngzuò qǐlái rúhǔ.

With an assistant, he works like a tiger.

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.

Stroke Order

如 rú

虎 hǔ