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拉大旗作虎皮

lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí

6-character word

What 拉大旗作虎皮 means

1. lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
2. fig. to borrow sb's prestige
3. to take the name of a great cause as a shield

The characters in 拉大旗作虎皮

• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 虎hǔtiger
• 皮pískin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering