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無mou4聲seng1狗gau2

simp无声狗
mou4 seng1 gau2wú shēng gǒu

English

  1. (noun) soundless, quiet or silent dogs
  2. person who remains silent and suddenly gives a serious strike; literally: a silent dog. The metonymy comes from the "sandwich pun" 無聲狗咬死人 (A silent dog may bite you to death) mou4seng1gau2 ngaau5 sei2jan4.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容某個人唔聲唔聲、作風低調隱秘,唔知幾時可能會害你,就好似啲狗唔吠之後咬你一啖。出自歇後語「無聲狗咬死人」嘅比擬。

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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