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- fox lady
- in folk stories, a beautiful girl who will seduce you then reveal herself as a ghost
- old place name (in present-day Linyi County 臨猗縣|临猗县[Lin2 yi1 Xian4], Shanxi)
- two-character surname Linghu
Trad. 搜狐網
- Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
Trad. 篝火狐鳴
- to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion
- an uprising is afoot (idiom)
- lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
- a pack of rogues (idiom); a gang of scoundrels
- lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
- lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions
- to reveal one's evil nature
- evidence that reveals the villain
Trad. 狐群狗黨
- a skulk of foxes, a pack of dogs (idiom)
- a gang of rogues
- Linghu Defen (583-666), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Zhou of the Northern dynasties 周書|周书
Trad. 與狐謀皮
- (idiom) to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests (original form of the expression 與虎謀皮|与虎谋皮[yu3 hu3 mou2 pi2])
- lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power to bully and exploit people