咬人狗儿不露齿
yǎo​rén​gǒu​r​bù​lù​chǐ

a biting dog does not show its teeth

  • created sense approved 咬人狗儿不露齿/咬人狗兒不露齒 · yǎo​rén​gǒu​r​bù​lù​chǐ · a biting dog does not show its teeth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    咬人狗儿不露齿 / 咬人狗兒不露齒

    yǎo​rén​gǒu​r​bù​lù​chǐ

    a biting dog does not show its teeth

    A dangerous enemy often hides their intentions behind a calm or harmless appearance

    咬 (literal) → 咬 · yǎo · to bite 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 狗 (literal) → 狗 · gǒu · dog 儿 (bound) → 儿/兒 · r · [erhua suffix] 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 露齿 (literal) → 露齿/露齒 · lù​chǐ · to grin

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

    created sense