狗咬呂洞賓——不識好人心

Chinese

		to bite the hand that feeds you		to fail to see; not to know; not to appreciate	good person; healthy person	heart; mind
trad. (狗咬呂洞賓——不識好人心)		狗咬呂洞賓	——	不識	好人	心
simp. (狗咬吕洞宾——不识好人心)		狗咬吕洞宾	——	不识	好人	心
Literally: “a dog bites Lü Dongbin ― to fail to see the heart of a good person”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǒu yǎo Lǚ Dòngbīn, bùshí hǎorén xīn, gǒu yǎo Lǚ Dòngbīn, bùshì hǎorén xīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄩˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄣ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ, ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄩˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄣ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² ngaau⁵ leoi⁵ dung⁶ ban¹, bat¹ sik¹ hou² jan⁴ sam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒu yǎo Lǚ Dòngbīn, bùshí hǎorén xīn [Phonetic: góuyáolǚdòngbīn,bùshíhǎorénxīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄩˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄣ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄏㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒu yǎo Lyǔ Dòngbin, bùshíh hǎorén sin
    • Wade–Giles: kou³ yao³ Lü³ Tung⁴-pin¹, pu⁴-shih² hao³-jên² hsin¹
    • Yale: gǒu yǎu Lyǔ Dùng-bīn-, bù-shŕ hǎu-rén syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goou yeau Leu Donqbin, buhbu haoren shin
    • Palladius: гоу яо Люй Дунбинь, буши хаожэнь синь (gou jao Ljuj Dunbinʹ, buši xaožɛnʹ sinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹ pin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǒu yǎo Lǚ Dòngbīn, bùshì hǎorén xīn [Phonetic: góuyáolǚdòngbīn,búshìhǎorénxīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄡˇ ㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄩˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄣ , ㄅㄨˋ ㄕˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǒu yǎo Lyǔ Dòngbin, bùshìh hǎorén sin
    • Wade–Giles: kou³ yao³ Lü³ Tung⁴-pin¹, pu⁴-shih⁴ hao³-jên² hsin¹
    • Yale: gǒu yǎu Lyǔ Dùng-bīn-, bù-shr̀ hǎu-rén syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goou yeau Leu Donqbin, buhbu haoren shin
    • Palladius: гоу яо Люй Дунбинь, буши хаожэнь синь (gou jao Ljuj Dunbinʹ, buši xaožɛnʹ sinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹ pin⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² ngaau⁵ leoi⁵ dung⁶ ban¹, bat¹ sik¹ hou² jan⁴ sam¹
    • Yale: gáu ngáauh léuih duhng bān, bāt sīk hóu yàhn sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² ngaau⁵ loey⁵ dung⁶ ban¹, bat⁷ sik⁷ hou² jan⁴ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² ngao⁵ lêu⁵ dung⁶ ben¹, bed¹ xig¹ hou² yen⁴ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ ŋaːu̯¹³ lɵy̯¹³ tʊŋ²² pɐn⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɪk̚⁵ hou̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

狗咬呂洞賓——不識好人心

1. to bite the hand that feeds you