狐狸 (hú li) — fox; sly or crafty person (figurative)

Definition

Examples

• 我在森林里看到一只狐狸。
  Wǒ zài sēn lín lǐ kàn dào yì zhī hú li.
  I saw a fox in the forest.
• 那个商人是个老狐狸，大家都不信任他。
  Nà ge shāng rén shì gè lǎo hú li, dà jiā dōu bú xìn rèn tā.
  That merchant is an old fox; nobody trusts him.
• 这个故事里，狐狸代表狡猾的人。
  Zhè ge gù shi lǐ, hú li dài biǎo jiǎo huá de rén.
  In this story, the fox represents a cunning person.