刷牙
shuā yá
Pinyin

Definition

刷牙
 - 
shuā yá
  1. to brush one's teeth

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刷新
shuā xīn
  1. 1 to renovate
  2. 2 to refurbish
  3. 3 to refresh (computer window)
  4. 4 to write a new page (in history)
  5. 5 to break (a record)
牙
yá
  1. 1 tooth
  2. 2 ivory
  3. 3 classifier: 颗 kē
牙齿
yá chǐ
  1. 1 tooth
  2. 2 dental
  3. 3 classifier: 颗 kē
刷
shuā
  1. 1 to brush
  2. 2 to paint
  3. 3 to daub
  4. 4 to paste up
  5. 5 to skip class (of students)
  6. 6 to fire from a job
刷卡
shuā kǎ
  1. 1 to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)

Idioms (9)

以眼还眼，以牙还牙
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá
  1. 1 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  3. 3 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
伶牙俐齿
líng yá lì chǐ
  1. 1 clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent
  2. 2 having the gift of the gab
咬牙切齿
yǎo yá qiè chǐ
  1. 1 gnashing one's teeth (idiom); displaying extreme anger
  2. 2 fuming with rage between gritted teeth
咬紧牙关
yǎo jǐn yá guān
  1. 1 lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain
  2. 2 to bite the bullet
张牙舞爪
zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo
  1. 1 to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures

Sample Sentences

你早上洗脸刷牙要多久？
nǐ zǎoshang xǐ liǎn shuāyá yào duōjiǔ ？
How long does it take you to wash your face and brush your teeth in the morning?
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我前两天刷牙，牙龈出血了。你说会不會是坏血病？
wǒ qián liǎng tiān shuāyá ，yáyín chūxiě le 。nǐ shuō huì bù huì shì huàixuěbìng ？
The last couple days when I've brushed my teeth, my gums have bled. You tell me: is this scurvy?
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明天我先要起床，再洗脸刷牙，然后喝水，然后出门，最后去坐飞机。
míngtiān wǒ xiān yào qǐchuáng ，zài xǐliǎn shuāyá ，ránhòu hēshuǐ ，ránhòu chūmén ，zuìhòu qù zuò fēijī 。
Tomorrow first I'm going to get up, next I'm going to wash my face and brush my teeth, then drink some water, then go out and finally take a plane.
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他有很多坏习惯，比如说：不洗脚，不刷牙等等。
tā yǒu hěn duō huài xíguàn ，bǐrú shuō ：bù xǐ jiǎo ，bù shuāyá děngdeng 。
He has a lot of bad habits. For example, he doesn't wash his feet, he doesn't brush his teeth.
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