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为虎作伥

wèi hǔ zuò chāng

4-character word Traditional 為虎作倀

What 为虎作伥 means

1. idiomto act as accomplice to a villain; to assist in wrongdoing

The characters in 为虎作伥

• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 虎hǔtiger
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 伥chāng(bound form) ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others

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