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Animal Proverbs: No ivory will come out of a dog's mouth

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ID: 4226 Intermediate
Animal metaphors are prevalent in almost every language, but people from different cultures may regard the same animal differently. In Chinese proverbs, you will see a lot of animal metaphors to symbolize human actions. In this lesson, we're showing you three common proverbs related to dogs. They can be directly translated to "A dog sees people as short as itself", "No ivory will come out of a dog's mouth", and "The gold nest and the silver nest are not better than my dog house". Do you know what they actually mean? Check out these proverbs and learn how to apply them to daily life!
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狗眼看人低 gǒuyǎnkànréndī To behave like a snob.
大小声 dàxiǎoshēng raise one's voice at people
高材生 gāocáishēng student of great ability
竟然 jìngrán to one's surprise
狗眼看人低
gǒu 狗yǎn 眼kàn 看rén 人dī 低
To behave like a snob.
狗会把大的东西看成小的把高的东西看成矮的
gǒu 狗huì 会bǎ 把dà 大de 的dōngxi 东西kànchéng 看成xiǎo 小de 的bǎ 把gāo 高de 的dōngxi 东西kànchéng 看成ǎi 矮de 的
Dogs look at big things and think they are small. They look at tall things and consider them short.
在以前的公司有一个同事他刚进公司的时候就对我们大小声
zài 在yǐqián 以前de 的gōngsī 公司yǒu 有yīgè 一个tóngshì 同事tā 他gāng 刚jìn 进gōngsī 公司de 的shíhou 时候jiù 就duì 对wǒmen 我们dàxiǎoshēng 大小声
I had a colleague in my previous company. Though he just joined the company, he raised his voice at us.
他是高材生也就是从好的学校毕业的学生
tā 他shì 是gāocáishēng 高材生yě 也jiùshì 就是cóng 从hǎo 好de 的xuéxiào 学校bìyè 毕业de 的xuésheng 学生
He is a "top student", which means he graduated from a good college.
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