From <span class="searchmatch">cáo</span> (“fox”) + <span class="searchmatch">mượn</span> (“borrow”) + <span class="searchmatch">oai</span> (“majesty”) + <span class="searchmatch">hùm</span> (“tiger”), probable calque of Chinese 狐假虎威 (hồ giả hổ uy). (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːw˧˦ mɨən˧˨ʔ...
endangered. <span class="searchmatch">cáo</span> già <span class="searchmatch">cáo</span> <span class="searchmatch">mượn</span> <span class="searchmatch">oai</span> <span class="searchmatch">hùm</span> cầy <span class="searchmatch">cáo</span> hổ báo <span class="searchmatch">cáo</span> chồn mèo già hoá <span class="searchmatch">cáo</span> vượn <span class="searchmatch">cáo</span> Sino-Vietnamese word from 誥. (classifier bài) <span class="searchmatch">cáo</span> (history) royal...
狐假虎威 (figurative, derogatory) to use powerful connections to intimidate people (Hokkien) 狗傍虎威 (káu pn̄g hó͘-ui) → Vietnamese: <span class="searchmatch">cáo</span> <span class="searchmatch">mượn</span> <span class="searchmatch">oai</span> <span class="searchmatch">hùm</span> (calque)...