Chinese–English
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá · gou zui li tu bu chu xiang ya
Traditional 狗嘴裏吐不出象牙
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
- fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel
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