咬人的狗不露齿
Traditional form:
咬人的狗不露齒
Pinyin (reading):
yǎoréndegǒubùlòuchǐ
Definitions:
- lit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom)
- fig. the most sinister of people can look quite harmless
Characters:
- 咬 - to bite, to gnaw
- 人 - man, person; people
- 的 - aim, goal; of; possessive particle; -self suffix
- 狗 - dog
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 露 - dew; leak; bare, exposed; to reveal, to show
- 齿 - teeth; gears, cogs; age
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