为虎作伥 in English wei4 hu3 zuo4 chang1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to act as accomplice to the tiger
  • to help a villain do evil (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

为 虎 作 伥

Traditional Characters

為 虎 作 倀

Pinyin

wei4 hu3 zuo4 chang1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

为wei4as (in the capacity of) 虎hu3tiger 作zuo4worker 伥chang1ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others