Here, the tiger is a metaphor for an evil lord. Apart from being feared, respected, and even used to fight fire with fire by scaring away ill fortune, the tiger is sometimes also avoided as taboo.
除了被畏懼、尊敬，甚至被利用來以惡制惡，嚇阻不祥事物的神獸，老虎有時卻也是人們避諱的對象。