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狗嘴裏吐不出象牙
简 狗嘴里吐不出象牙 · 繁 狗嘴裏吐不出象牙Mandarin · pinyin gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
Meanings
- lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
- fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel
Characters in this entry
- 狗
- gǒu · dog, Canis familiaris
- 嘴
- zuǐ · mouth, lips
- 裏
- lǐ · inside, interior, within
- 吐
- tǔ · vomit, spew out, cough up
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 出
- chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
- 象
- xiàng · elephant; ivory; figure, image
- 牙
- yá · tooth, molars, teeth; serrated
- 里
- lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
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Mandarin tones
3–3–5–3–4–1–4–2 · gou3 zui3 li5 tu3 bu4 chu1 xiang4 ya2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gau2 zeoi2 leoi5 tou3 bat1 ceot1 zoeng6 ngaa4
Cantonese word readings for 狗嘴裏吐不出象牙. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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gau2 zeoi2 leoi5 tou3 bat1 ceot1 zoeng6 ngaa4
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