刀子嘴巴，豆腐心
Traditional form:
刀子嘴巴，豆腐心
Pinyin (reading):
dāozizuǐba,dòufuxīn
Definitions:
- lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
Characters:
- 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
- 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
- 嘴 - mouth, lips
- 巴 - to desire, to wish for
- 豆 - beans, peas; bean-shaped
- 腐 - to spoil, to rot, to decay; rotten
- 心 - heart; mind; soul
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