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ˌpaper ˈtiger noun [countable] an enemy or opponent who seems powerful but actually is not 纸老虎〔指外强中干的敌人或对手〕Examples from the Corpuspaper tiger• Is it only a paper tiger, or does it really have teeth?• But it remains difficult to see how the paper tiger can avoid being shredded over the next two or three years.• That was only the first occasion that Chairman Khrushchev reminded Chairman Mao that the paper tiger had nuclear teeth.ˌpaper ˈtiger nounChineseSyllable actually or seems who but Corpus powerful enemy opponent an |