如狼似虎

rúlángsìhǔ
  1. lit. like wolves and tigers
  2. ruthless

CEDICT

brutal and ferocious

Wiktionary

  1. 比喻威武勇勐。《水浒传．第七八回》：「如今放着这一班好弟兄，如狼似虎的人，那十节度已是背时的人了，兄长何足惧哉！」也作「如狼如虎」。
  2. 比喻极为凶暴残忍。
  3. 比喻动作迅速勐急。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 如 rú
  1. as
  2. as if
  3. such as
2 狼 láng wolf

classifiers: 匹, 隻, 條
=3 似 sì
  1. to seem
  2. to appear
  3. to resemble
  4. similar
  5. -like
  6. pseudo-
  7. (more) than
=3 似 sì old variant of 似 sì
4 虎 hǔ tiger

classifier: 隻

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吃人不吐骨头 chīrénbùtǔgǔtóu
  1. ruthless
  2. vicious and greedy
恶辣 èlà ruthless
暴戾 bàolì ruthless
狠绝 hěnjué ruthless
酷 kù
  1. ruthless
  2. strong (e.g. of wine)
  3. (loanword) cool
  4. hip
你觉得我是个酷哥吗？

Do you think of me as a cool guy?

Source: Tatoeba

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