호가호위

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 狐假虎威 (“the fox borrows the tiger's might”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɸʷo̞ɡa̠βo̞ɥi] ~ [ɸʷo̞ɡa̠βo̞y]
  • Phonetic hangul: [호가호위]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hogahowi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hogahowi
McCune–Reischauer?hogahowi
Yale Romanization?hokahowi

Noun

호가호위 • (hogahowi) (hanja 狐假虎威)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) using powerful connections to intimidate people
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