狗嘴里吐不出象牙 in English gou3 zui3 li5 tu3 bu4 chu1 xiang4 ya2 Meaning

Meanings

  • no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiomatic expression)
  • no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel

Simplified Characters

狗 嘴 里 吐 不 出 象 牙

Traditional Characters

狗 嘴 裏 吐 不 出 象 牙

Pinyin

gou3 zui3 li5 tu3 bu4 chu1 xiang4 ya2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

狗gou3dog 嘴zui3mouth 里li3variant of 裡|里[li3] 吐tu3to spit 不bu4(negative prefix) 出chu1to go out 象xiang4elephant 牙ya2tooth