The Chinese Year of  Tiger is coming. Always a symbol of majesty and courage, the Chinese people have honored the tiger as "King of All Beasts" since ancient times.

Also, the Chinese people call the outstanding athletes on the arena as "Tiger General",  meaning the athletes boasts their own incredible bravery and power just as the tigers.

The following combo-photos show the similar expressions of  both the maneaters and athletes. From those photos, may we assume that those athletes are tigers reborn?

Whose tongue longer? The tiger or LeBron James from Cleveland Cavaliers of NBA? (Xinhua File Photo)