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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

lit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom)
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: Look up this written character
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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