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咬人的狗不露齿

yǎo rén de gǒu bù lòu chǐ

7-character word Traditional 咬人的狗不露齒

What 咬人的狗不露齿 means

1. lit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom)
2. fig. the most sinister of people can look quite harmless

The characters in 咬人的狗不露齿

• 咬yǎoto bite; to nip
• 人rénperson; people
• 的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)…
• 狗gǒudog
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 露lùdew; syrup; nectar
• 齿chǐ(bound form) tooth; (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention