strong as a bear in the hips and with a back supple as a tiger 's

strong as a bear in the hips and with a back supple as a tiger 's

Hu Bei Xiong Yao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ǔ B è IXI ó ngy ā o, which means that the back is as broad as a tiger and the waist is as strong as a bear. It is used to describe a person's strong body. It's from "flying knife vs. arrow.".

Analysis of Idioms

A bear's back and a tiger's back

The origin of Idioms

"This guy is a hero. He's a dog with a donkey's back. Oh, he's a tiger with a bear's back."

Idiom usage

He is strong in physique. example one face is as heavy as jujube, and the other is as gold. They are all very beautiful. (Chapter 95 of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty)