狗口裡吐不出象牙
gǒu​kǒu​lǐ​tǔ​bù​chū​xiàng​yá

nothing nice comes from a filthy mouth

  • created sense approved 狗口里吐不出象牙/狗口裡吐不出象牙 · gǒu​kǒu​lǐ​tǔ​bù​chū​xiàng​yá · nothing nice comes from a filthy mouth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狗口里吐不出象牙 / 狗口裡吐不出象牙

    gǒu​kǒu​lǐ​tǔ​bù​chū​xiàng​yá

    nothing nice comes from a filthy mouth

    a foul mouth cannot produce refined language; mean or vulgar people can only speak coarsely

    狗 (literal) → 狗 · gǒu · dog 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · mouth 里 (bound) → 里/裡 · li · in 吐 (literal) → 吐 · tǔ · to spit 不出 (literal) → 不出 · bù​chū · not exceed 象牙 (literal) → 象牙 · xiàng​yá · ivory

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

    created sense