扮豬吃老虎 (baan6 zyu1 hek3 lou5 fu2) — pretending to be the fool; feigning ignorance (Lit. play the pig to eat the tiger) [粵]: 扮豬食老虎 in Cantonese
baanˍ₆扮zyuˉ¹豬hek˗₃吃louˏ₅老fuˊ²虎简 扮猪吃老虎
Mandarin Pinyin: ban4 zhu1 chi1 lao3 hu3
Meaning of 扮豬吃老虎
nounpretending to be the fool; feigning ignorance (Lit. play the pig to eat the tiger) [粵]: 扮豬食老虎
nounpeople who put on a mask and pretend, but their real self will show during important moments; a wolf in sheep's clothing