咬人的狗不露齒
yǎo​rén​de​gǒu​bù​lù​chǐ

don't judge a book by its cover

  • created sense approved 咬人的狗不露齿/咬人的狗不露齒 · yǎo​rén​de​gǒu​bù​lù​chǐ · don't judge a book by its cover — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    咬人的狗不露齿 / 咬人的狗不露齒

    yǎo​rén​de​gǒu​bù​lù​chǐ

    don't judge a book by its cover

    The most sinister people can appear harmless; literally 'the dog that bites does not show its teeth'.

    yǎo​rén​de​gǒu​bù​lòu​chǐ

    咬 (literal) → 咬 · yǎo · to bite 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [possessive/attributive] 狗 (literal) → 狗 · gǒu · dog 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