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Learning Chinese through Stories


Feb 13, 2018

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1. 狗急跳墙;Gǒujítiàoqiáng; a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom) to be driven to desperate action

2. 狗改不了吃屎;Gǒu gǎi bùliǎo chī shǐ; a dog can't stop himself from eating shit (idiom) fig. bad habits are hard to change

3. 狗嘴里吐不出象牙;Gǒu zuǐ lǐ tǔ bu chū xiàngyá;no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom) no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel

4. 狗眼看人低;Gǒu yǎnkàn rén dī;to behave like a snob (towards others)

5. 嫁鸡随鸡,嫁狗随狗;Jià jī suí jī, jià gǒu suí gǒu;if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom)

6. 狗拿耗子,多管闲事;Gǒu ná hàozi, duō guǎn xiánshì ;a dog who catches mice; to be meddlesome (idiom)

7. 子不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫;Zi bù xián mǔ chǒu, gǒu bù xián jiā pín;A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is.

8. 肉包子打狗,有去无回;what's gone can never come back (idiom) Picture credit :maja7777, Pixabay

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