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ngaauˏ₅seiˊ²
Pinyin
yao3 si3
Translations
noun
to bite to death; gnaw
mouˎ₄sengˉ¹gauˊ²ngaauˏ₅seiˊ²janˎ₄
(无声狗咬死人)
Pinyin
wu2 sheng1 gou3 yao3 si3 ren2
Translations
noun
(Note: Other variants are 唔聲狗咬死人 and 冇聲狗咬死人, but they are far less common and might simply be mistaken substitutions of the 無 character.)
noun
A silent dog will bite you to death. This is a twist on "barking dogs never bite" in that people who do not show their intentions can sometimes be far more crafty or dangerous than those who are open.
noun
(Cantonese analogy- figurative meaning) a soundless dog will bite someone to death