lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom); fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
trad. 咬人狗兒不露齒
Also written 咬人狗兒不露齒【yǎo rén gǒu r bù lù chǐ】
Characters in this word
7咬
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to bite, to nip
- Pinyin
- yǎo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1718 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
狗
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dog, CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- Pinyin
- gǒu
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 634 of 2500
儿
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child, son
- Pinyin
- ér
- Traditional
- 兒
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 3200 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
露
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surname Lu
- Pinyin
- Lù
- Strokes
- 21
- Frequency
- 10149 of 2500
齿
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(bound form) tooth, (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention
- Pinyin
- chǐ
- Traditional
- 齒
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 34501 of 2500