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拉大旗作虎皮

lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí

Definition

  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

Character Decomposition

拉
=
扌
+
立
大
=
人
+
一
旗
=
方
+
？
+
其
作
=
亻
+
乍
虎
=
⾌
+
几
皮
=
？
+
又

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