a very strict mother who makes her children work hard in order to be very successful at school, etc., thought to be typical of mothers in China and East Asia 虎妈（对孩子要求极高的严格母亲，被视为中国和东亚地区的典型母亲形象） Being raised by a tiger mother meant I wasn't given the freedom to make my own decisions. 由虎妈妈抚养长大意味着我没有自由做出自己的决定。