为虎作伥(wèi hǔ zuò chāng): (idiom) to act as accomplice to a villain
4 charactersTrad. 爲虎作倀
(idiom) to act as accomplice to a villain
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- wèi hǔ zuò chāng
- Meaning
- (idiom) to act as accomplice to a villain; to assist in wrongdoing
- HSK level
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- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 爲虎作倀
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 为虎作伥 — tap one to open its word page.
yǐ以wéi为
HSK 2to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless r…
bù不yǐ以wéi为rán然
HSK 7-9not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
bù不wéi为rén人zhī知
HSK 7-9not known to anyone
rén人wéi为
HSK 7-9artificial
yī一zhī之wèi为shèn甚
once is more than enough (idiom)
yī一fēn分wéi为èr二
one divides into two
yī一tǔ吐wèi为kuài快
to get sth off one's chest
yī一yán言wèi为dìng定
(idiom) it's a deal
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