敲山震虎 — “Strike the mountain to startle the tiger”
敲山震虎 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to deliver an indirect warning or make a deliberate move to startle or alert someone, often by addressing a related party or issue”. Literally, “Strike the mountain to startle the tiger”.
敲山震虎 Pronunciation and Pinyin
敲山震虎 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 敲山震虎
Idioms Related to 敲山震虎
More idioms starting with 敲
- qiāo敲bīng冰jiá戛yù玉music or voice clear and melodious
- qiāo敲bīng冰qiú求huǒ火attempt the impossible
- qiāo敲bīng冰yù玉xiè屑exquisite paper
- qiāo敲bīng冰suǒ索huǒ火futile endeavor
- qiāo敲shān山zhèn振hǔ虎warn or intimidate indirectly
- qiāo敲qiāo敲dǎ打dǎ打to prod or stimulate with words
- qiāo敲zhà榨lè勒suǒ索extort money by threats
- qiāo敲niú牛zǎi宰mǎ马slaughter livestock
- qiāo敲zhú竹gàng杠extort money by taking advantage
- qiāo敲zhī脂xī吸suǐ髓ruthlessly exploit someone to the extreme
- qiāo敲gāo膏xī吸suǐ髓exploit someone to the extreme
- qiāo敲zhà诈lè勒suǒ索extort money by threats
Recommended tools
Picture Worksheets
Chinese and English fill-in vocabulary worksheets
Open the tool →
Stroke Order Animator
Turn a Chinese character or sentence into a GIF or MP4
Open the tool →
Chinese Text Image Generator
Create PNGs with pinyin, highlight character parts or remove strokes
Open the tool →
Character Highlight Animator
Choose character parts and animate their colors, together or in stroke order
Open the tool →Questions about 敲山震虎
What does 敲山震虎 mean?
敲山震虎 (qiāo shān zhèn hǔ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to deliver an indirect warning or make a deliberate move to startle or alert someone, often by addressing a related party or issue”.
How do you pronounce 敲山震虎?
敲山震虎 is pronounced qiāo shān zhèn hǔ in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 敲山震虎 literally mean?
Literally, 敲山震虎 means “Strike the mountain to startle the tiger”. It is used to mean “to deliver an indirect warning or make a deliberate move to startle or alert someone, often by addressing a related party or issue”.
What is the Chinese definition of 敲山震虎?
指故意示警，使人震动。同“敲山振虎”。