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Chinese
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tiger
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poison; narcotics
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not; no
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eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight |
| trad. (虎毒不食子)
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虎
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毒
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不
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食
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子
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| simp. #(虎毒不食子)
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虎
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毒
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不
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食
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子
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| Literally: “A tiger, though vicious, will not eat its own son.”
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Pronunciation
Idiom
虎毒不食子
- A person, no matter how vicious they are, will not harm their own children.