無聲狗咬死人 (mou4 seng1 gau2 ngaau5 sei2 jan4) — (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.) in Cantonese
mouˎ₄無sengˉ¹聲gauˊ²狗ngaauˏ₅咬seiˊ²死janˎ₄人简 无声狗咬死人
Mandarin Pinyin: wu2 sheng1 gou3 yao3 si3 ren2
Meaning of 無聲狗咬死人
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.)
nounA 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