咬人狗儿不露齿 in English yao3 ren2 gou3 r5 bu4 lu4 chi3 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.

Simplified Characters

咬 人 狗 儿 不 露 齿

Traditional Characters

咬 人 狗 兒 不 露 齒

Pinyin

yao3 ren2 gou3 r5 bu4 lu4 chi3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

咬yao3to bite 人ren2man 狗gou3dog 儿er2variant of 人[ren2] 不bu4(negative prefix) 露lu4surname Lu 齿chi3tooth