See 狗嘴裡吐不出象牙 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "狗嘴里吐不出象牙",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "狗嘴裏吐不出象牙",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
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}
],
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"args": {
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},
"expansion": "狗嘴裡吐不出象牙",
"name": "head"
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "the mouth of a dog cannot spit out ivory",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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},
{
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"glosses": [
"no fine or truthful speech is to be expected from the mouth of a bad person"
],
"id": "en-狗嘴裡吐不出象牙-zh-phrase-lz1IioEg",
"links": [
[
"no",
"no"
],
[
"fine",
"fine"
],
[
"truthful",
"truthful"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
],
[
"expect",
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[
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[
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[
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) no fine or truthful speech is to be expected from the mouth of a bad person"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "狗嘴長不出象牙"
},
{
"word": "狗嘴长不出象牙"
},
{
"word": "狗口裡吐不出象牙"
},
{
"word": "狗口里吐不出象牙"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàngyá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄡˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gau² zeoi² leoi⁵ tou³ bat¹ ceot¹ zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàngyá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "góuzuílǐtǔbùchūxiàngyá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄡˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gǒu zuěi lǐ tǔ bù chu siàngyá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "kou³ tsui³ li³ tʻu³ pu⁴ chʻu¹ hsiang⁴-ya²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gǒu dzwěi lǐ tǔ bù chū syàng-yá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "goou tzoei lii tuu bu chu shianqya"
},
{
"roman": "gou czuj li tu bu ču sjanʺja",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "гоу цзуй ли ту бу чу сянъя"
},
{
"ipa": "/koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ jä³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gau² zeoi² leoi⁵ tou³ bat¹ ceot¹ zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gáu jéui léuih tou bāt chēut jeuhng ngàh"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gau² dzoey² loey⁵ tou³ bat⁷ tsoet⁷ dzoeng⁶ ngaa⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "geo² zêu² lêu⁵ tou³ bed¹ cêd¹ zêng⁶ nga⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵ lɵy̯¹³ tʰou̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ t͡sœːŋ²² ŋaː²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "狗嘴裡吐不出象牙"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "狗嘴里吐不出象牙",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "狗嘴裏吐不出象牙",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "狗嘴裡吐不出象牙",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "the mouth of a dog cannot spit out ivory",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 不",
"Chinese terms spelled with 出",
"Chinese terms spelled with 吐",
"Chinese terms spelled with 嘴",
"Chinese terms spelled with 牙",
"Chinese terms spelled with 狗",
"Chinese terms spelled with 裡",
"Chinese terms spelled with 象",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
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"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"no fine or truthful speech is to be expected from the mouth of a bad person"
],
"links": [
[
"no",
"no"
],
[
"fine",
"fine"
],
[
"truthful",
"truthful"
],
[
"speech",
"speech"
],
[
"expect",
"expect"
],
[
"mouth",
"mouth"
],
[
"bad",
"bad"
],
[
"person",
"person"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) no fine or truthful speech is to be expected from the mouth of a bad person"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàngyá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄡˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gau² zeoi² leoi⁵ tou³ bat¹ ceot¹ zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàngyá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "góuzuílǐtǔbùchūxiàngyá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄍㄡˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄧㄚˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gǒu zuěi lǐ tǔ bù chu siàngyá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "kou³ tsui³ li³ tʻu³ pu⁴ chʻu¹ hsiang⁴-ya²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gǒu dzwěi lǐ tǔ bù chū syàng-yá"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "goou tzoei lii tuu bu chu shianqya"
},
{
"roman": "gou czuj li tu bu ču sjanʺja",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "гоу цзуй ли ту бу чу сянъя"
},
{
"ipa": "/koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ jä³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "gau² zeoi² leoi⁵ tou³ bat¹ ceot¹ zoeng⁶ ngaa⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "gáu jéui léuih tou bāt chēut jeuhng ngàh"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "gau² dzoey² loey⁵ tou³ bat⁷ tsoet⁷ dzoeng⁶ ngaa⁴"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "geo² zêu² lêu⁵ tou³ bed¹ cêd¹ zêng⁶ nga⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɵy̯³⁵ lɵy̯¹³ tʰou̯³³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ t͡sœːŋ²² ŋaː²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "狗嘴長不出象牙"
},
{
"word": "狗嘴长不出象牙"
},
{
"word": "狗口裡吐不出象牙"
},
{
"word": "狗口里吐不出象牙"
}
],
"word": "狗嘴裡吐不出象牙"
}
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