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咬人狗兒不露齒
简 咬人狗儿不露齿 · 繁 咬人狗兒不露齒Mandarin · pinyin yǎo rén gǒu r bù lù chǐ
Meanings
- lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)
- fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
Characters in this entry
- 咬
- yǎo · bite, gnaw
- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
- 狗
- gǒu · dog, Canis familiaris
- 兒
- ér · son, child, oneself; final part
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 露
- lù · dew; bare, open, exposed
- 齒
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- 儿
- ér · son, child; Kangxi radical 10
- 齿
- chǐ · teeth; gears, cogs; age; simplified form of the Kangxi radical 211
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Mandarin tones
3–2–3–5–4–4–3 · yao3 ren2 gou3 r5 bu4 lu4 chi3
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ngaau5 jan4 gau2 ji4 bat1 lou6 ci2
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