「狗口長不出象牙」
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| Pronunciation： | gau2 hau2 zoeng2 bat1 ceot1 zoeng6 ngaa4 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
狗 dog; pooch; sly; crafty; cunning; tricky; unworthy; of low character 口 mouth; opening; entrance; cut; hole; gash 長 to grow; long; length; strong point; merit; specialty 不 no; negator; not 出 to go out; to come out; to issue; to publish; to produce; to grow; to appear; to offer; to give; to provide; to go beyond; to use; to bring out; to show 象 elephant; to imitate; shape; image 牙 tooth |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
to never have anything good to say; to say only unpleasant things; literally: in a dog's mouth there cannot be ivory
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