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baanˍ₆扮zyuˉ¹豬sikˍ₆食louˏ₅老fuˊ²虎
简 扮猪食老虎
Pinyin: ban4 zhu1 shi2 lao3 hu3
Translations
nounpretending to be the fool; feigning ignorance (Lit. play the pig to eat the tiger) [華]: 扮豬吃老虎
noun(phrase) literally means 'Act like a pig, bite the tiger to death'; pretend to be dumb and harmless while waiting for one's chance to attack an enemy.