狗咬吕洞宾
gǒu​yǎo​lǚ​dòng​bīn

to bite the hand that feeds you

  • created reference approved 狗咬吕洞宾/狗咬呂洞賓 → 不识好人心/不識好人心 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狗咬吕洞宾 / 狗咬呂洞賓 gǒu​yǎo​lǚ​dòng​bīn

    不识好人心 / 不識好人心 bù​shí​hǎo​rén​xīn

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  • created sense approved 狗咬吕洞宾/狗咬呂洞賓 · gǒu​yǎo​lǚ​dòng​bīn · to bite the hand that feeds you — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狗咬吕洞宾 / 狗咬呂洞賓

    gǒu​yǎo​lǚ​dòng​bīn

    to bite the hand that feeds you

    To mistake a person's good intentions for bad ones and turn against them; to fail to recognize someone's kindness. This is the first part of a two-part allegorical saying (xiehouyu), where the second part is [[不识好人心|不識好人心|bu4 shi2 hao3 ren2 xin1]].

    狗 (literal) → 狗 · gǒu · dog 咬 (literal) → 咬 · yǎo · to bite 吕洞宾 (literal) → 吕洞宾/呂洞賓 · lǚ​dòng​bīn · Lü Dongbin

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