老虎嘴里掉不下肉,狐狸嘴里吐不出鸡老虎嘴裡掉不下肉,狐狸嘴裡吐不出雞老虎嘴裏掉不下肉,狐狸嘴裏吐不出雞

no meat drops from a tiger's mouth, no chicken comes out of a fox's mouth

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Greedy people never give up any gain they have grabbed; their nature does not change. Critical.

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Simplified: 老虎嘴里掉不下肉,狐狸嘴里吐不出鸡
Traditional (Taiwan): 老虎嘴裡掉不下肉,狐狸嘴裡吐不出雞
Traditional (Hong Kong): 老虎嘴裏掉不下肉,狐狸嘴裏吐不出雞
Pinyin: lǎohǔ zuǐlǐ diào búxià ròu,húli zuǐlǐ tǔ bù chū jī
Bopomofo: ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄖㄡˋ,ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄧㄗㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄐㄧ

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

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