呲牙咧嘴
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Pinyin
Definition
呲牙咧嘴
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- to grimace (in pain)
- to show one's teeth
- to bare one's fangs
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to brush one's teeth
- 1 unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc
- 2 grinning from ear to ear
- 3 mouth agape
- 4 gobsmacked
Idioms (20)
以眼还眼,以牙还牙
- 1 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
- 2 fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
- 3 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
伶牙俐齿
- 1 clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent
- 2 having the gift of the gab
刀子嘴,豆腐心
- 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短
- 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
- 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
咬牙切齿
- 1 gnashing one's teeth (idiom); displaying extreme anger
- 2 fuming with rage between gritted teeth