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This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「鷹瞵虎視」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
Watching fiercely and greedily like an eagle or a tiger. Describes someone who has evil intentions and is waiting for an opportunity to seize something.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yīng lín hǔ shì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ying1 leun4 fu2 si6
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