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MEANING OF 狗嘴里吐不出象牙
gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
(狗嘴裏吐不出象牙)
no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom) / no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
It is a metaphor that a bad person cannot speak good things
比喻坏人嘴里说不出好话来。
狗 gǒu 嘴 zuǐ 里 (裏) lǐ 吐 tǔ/tù 不 bù/bú 出 chū 象 xiàng 牙 yá
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