人无害虎心，虎有伤人意人無害虎心，虎有傷人意人無害虎心，虎有傷人意

people have no wish to harm the tiger, but the tiger means to hurt people

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Don't assume a bad person won't hurt you just because you mean no harm; their nature won't change easily. A warning against naive trust of evildoers.

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Simplified: 人无害虎心，虎有伤人意
Traditional (Taiwan): 人無害虎心，虎有傷人意
Pinyin: rén wúhài hǔ xīn, hǔ yǒu shāngrén yì
Bopomofo: ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˊ ㄏㄞˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄣ，ㄏㄨˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄕㄤㄖㄣˊ ㄧˋ

Written with HSK 4 vocabulary, at CEFR level B1.

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