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笑siu3面min6虎fu2

siu3 min6 fu2xiào miàn hǔ

English

  1. man with a big smile and evil intentions
  2. outwardly kind but inwardly cruel person; wicked person with a phony smile; literally "smiling tiger"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一個睇落去好友善,但係實際上就心狠手辣嘅人(量詞:個/隻)

Examples

  • 小心,呢個經理係笑面虎嚟。

    Watch out for this manager. He is a smiling tiger.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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