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狗嘴里吐不出象牙

gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá

8-character word Traditional 狗嘴裏吐不出象牙

What 狗嘴里吐不出象牙 means

1. lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
2. fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel

The characters in 狗嘴里吐不出象牙

• 狗gǒudog
• 嘴zuǐmouth; beak; nozzle
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 吐tùto vomit; to throw up
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form
• 牙yátooth; ivory