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虎毒不食子

Mandarin · pinyin hǔ dú bù shí zǐ

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3–2–4–2–3 · hu3 du2 bu4 shi2 zi3

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fu2 duk6 bat1 sik6 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 虎毒不食子. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

fu2 duk6 bat1 sik6 zi2

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) A person, no matter how vicious they are, will not harm their own children.