The Chinese term **猛虎** is a compound word formed by combining two individual characters: **猛** (měng), meaning "fierce," "vigorous," or "violent," and **虎** (hǔ), meaning "tiger." It follows a common modifier-noun grammatical structure in Chinese, where the descriptive adjective **猛** directly modifies and intensifies the core noun **虎**, resulting in the literal meaning of "fierce tiger." This formation is not merely a literal zoological description but often carries a powerful metaphorical connotation, used to describe a person or force of formidable, fearless, and aggressive nature, much like the animal itself in cultural symbolism.