张牙舞爪 (zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo) | Meaning: to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

show one's ferocious appearance (idiom); the atrocious features revealed · with fangs bared凶相毕露xiōng xiàng bì lù

ferocious-looking (idiom)青面獠牙qīng miàn liáo yá

fierce; vicious凶恶xiōng è

to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around · to bluff · to bluster耀武扬威yào wǔ yáng wēi

(idiom) to have a face as terrifying as a temple's guardian deity金刚怒目jīn gāng nù mù

to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures