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狗嘴里吐不出象牙

gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
📊 Corpus Indexed: 2 clips
💡 Meaning:

Common spoken expression used by native Chinese speakers in daily life.

Spoken Idiom
Grammar Pattern: 📐 不是...是 →

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你狗嘴里吐不出象牙
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你 狗嘴里吐不出象牙

(一辈子只能听好话) ── Previous context

“You never have anything nice to say.”

《主角》 · 27:54
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真是狗嘴里吐不出象牙来 我不是那个意思
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真是 狗嘴里吐不出象牙 来 我不是那个意思

(你是不是听韦小慧说啥了) ── Previous context

“From a filthy mouth comes no decent speech. You got me wrong.”

《主角》 · 04:18
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