刀子嘴豆腐心
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Chinese[edit]
trad. (刀子嘴豆腐心) | 刀子嘴 | 豆腐心 | |
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simp. #(刀子嘴豆腐心) | 刀子嘴 | 豆腐心 | |
Literally: “knife mouth, tofu heart”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
刀子嘴豆腐心
- someone who has a sharp tongue but a soft heart; someone with more bark than bite
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 刀子嘴豆腐心 (“to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart; to be more bark than bite”) [map]