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 ㄔㄨㄒㄧㄤˋ 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 ㄔㄨㄒㄧㄤˋ 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

(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