狗啃骨头，天生喜欢吃硬的狗啃骨頭，天生喜歡吃硬的狗啃骨頭，天生喜歡吃硬的

a dog gnawing a bone: born to like eating hard things

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Mocks people who seem to be born to take a beating or to respond only to force.
Wordplay: 吃 (chī) means both eating and taking (a blow), and 硬 (yìng) means both hard and tough: so the dog likes hard bones, and the person only takes tough treatment.

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Simplified: 狗啃骨头，天生喜欢吃硬的
Traditional (Taiwan): 狗啃骨頭，天生喜歡吃硬的
Pinyin: gǒu kěngútou, tiānshēng xǐhuan chī yìng de
Bopomofo: ㄍㄡˇ ㄎㄣˇ ㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡ，ㄊㄧㄢㄕㄥㄒㄧˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄢㄔㄧㄥˋ ˙ㄉㄜ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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