会捉老鼠的猫不叫
huì​zhuō​lǎo​shǔ​de​māo​bù​jiào

a cat that catches mice does not meow

  • created sense approved 会捉老鼠的猫不叫/會捉老鼠的貓不叫 · huì​zhuō​lǎo​shǔ​de​māo​bù​jiào · a cat that catches mice does not meow — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    会捉老鼠的猫不叫 / 會捉老鼠的貓不叫

    huì​zhuō​lǎo​shǔ​de​māo​bù​jiào

    a cat that catches mice does not meow

    (proverb) People who are truly capable do not boast or show off.

    huì​zhuō​lǎo​shǔ​de​māo​bú​jiào

    会 (literal) → 会/會 · huì · [can] 捉 (literal) → 捉 · zhuō · to catch 老鼠 (literal) → 老鼠 · lǎo​shǔ · mouse 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [possessive/attributive] 猫 (literal) → 猫/貓 · māo · cat 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 叫 (literal) → 叫 · jiào · to sound

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense