羊质虎皮

羊質虎皮
yángzhìhǔpí
  1. lit. the heart of a sheep in the skin of a tiger (idiom)
  2. fig. impressive in appearance but lacking in substance
  3. braggart

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 羊 yáng sheep; goat

classifiers: 頭, 隻
2 质 zhì
  1. character
  2. nature
  3. quality
  4. plain
  5. to pawn
  6. pledge
  7. hostage
  8. to question
  9. Taiwan pr. zhí
3 虎皮 hǔpí
  1. short for 虎皮鸚鵡／虎皮鹦鹉 (hǔpí yīngwǔ, “budgie”)
  2. skin of tiger