狗嘴裡吐不出象牙

See also: 狗嘴里吐不出象牙

Chinese

		dog	mouth	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing	vomit; to spit	not; no	to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	elephant tusk; ivory
trad. (狗嘴裡吐不出象牙/狗嘴裏吐不出象牙)		狗	嘴	裡/裏	吐	不	出	象牙
simp. (狗嘴里吐不出象牙)		狗	嘴	里	吐	不	出	象牙
Literally: “the mouth of a dog cannot spit out ivory”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàngyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² zeoi² leoi⁵ tou³ bat¹ ceot¹ zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàngyá [Phonetic: góuzuílǐtǔbùchūxiàngyá]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒu zuěi lǐ tǔ bù chu siàngyá
    • Wade–Giles: kou³ tsui³ li³ tʻu³ pu⁴ chʻu¹ hsiang⁴-ya²
    • Yale: gǒu dzwěi lǐ tǔ bù chū syàng-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goou tzoei lii tuu bu chu shianqya
    • Palladius: гоу цзуй ли ту бу чу сянъя (gou czuj li tu bu ču sjanʺja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ jä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² zeoi² leoi⁵ tou³ bat¹ ceot¹ zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
    • Yale: gáu jéui léuih tou bāt chēut jeuhng ngàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² dzoey² loey⁵ tou³ bat⁷ tsoet⁷ dzoeng⁶ ngaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² zêu² lêu⁵ tou³ bed¹ cêd¹ zêng⁶ nga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵ lɵy̯¹³ tʰou̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ t͡sœːŋ²² ŋaː²¹/

Idiom

狗嘴裡吐不出象牙

1. (figurative) no fine or truthful speech is to be expected from the mouth of a bad person

Synonyms

• 狗嘴長不出象牙／狗嘴长不出象牙
• 狗口裡吐不出象牙／狗口里吐不出象牙