「無聲狗咬死人」
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| Pronunciation： | mou4 seng1 gau2 ngaau5 sei2 jan4 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
無 nothing; none; nil; without; lacking 聲 sound; voice 狗 dog; sly; crafty; cunning; tricky; unworthy; of low character; pooch 咬 to bite; to falsely accuse; pronunciation 死 to die; inflexible; to fail; unable to coexist; fixed; rigid; stiff; same old same old; literally: damned; to malfunction; to break down; very; extremely; to insist; to be stubborn 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
an idiom saying that one should be careful of people who remain silent, one may not get any warning of a serious strike in advance; literally: a silent dog will bite you to death
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