咬人的狗不露齒

简 咬人的狗不露齿 · 繁 咬人的狗不露齒
Mandarin · pinyin yǎo rén de gǒu bù lòu chǐ

Meanings

  1. lit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom)
  2. fig. the most sinister of people can look quite harmless
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咬
yǎo · bite, gnaw
人
rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
的
de · possessive, adjectival suffix
狗
gǒu · dog, Canis familiaris
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
露
lù · dew; bare, open, exposed
齒
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齿
chǐ · teeth; gears, cogs; age; simplified form of the Kangxi radical 211
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3–2–5–3–4–4–3 · yao3 ren2 de5 gou3 bu4 lou4 chi3

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咬人的狗不露齒 · yao3 ren2 de5 gou3 bu4 lou4 chi3
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Exact source record咬人的狗不露齒 咬人的狗不露齿 [yao3 ren2 de5 gou3 bu4 lou4 chi3] /lit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom)/fig. the most sinister of people can look quite harmless/