咬紧牙关
yǎo jǐn yá guān
Pinyin

Definition

咬紧牙关
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yǎo jǐn yá guān
  1. lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain
  2. to bite the bullet

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刷牙
shuā yá
  1. 1 to brush one's teeth
咬
yǎo
  1. 1 to bite
  2. 2 to nip
牙
yá
  1. 1 tooth
  2. 2 ivory
  3. 3 CL:顆|颗[kē]
牙膏
yá gāo
  1. 1 toothpaste
  2. 2 CL:管[guǎn]
牙齿
yá chǐ
  1. 1 tooth
  2. 2 dental
  3. 3 CL:顆|颗[kē]
西班牙
Xī bān yá
  1. 1 Spain
乳牙
rǔ yá
  1. 1 deciduous tooth
  2. 2 milk tooth
  3. 3 baby tooth
伶牙俐齿
líng yá lì chǐ
  1. 1 clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent
  2. 2 having the gift of the gab
假牙
jiǎ yá
  1. 1 false teeth
  2. 2 dentures
匈牙利
Xiōng yá lì
  1. 1 Hungary
叮咬
dīng yǎo
  1. 1 sting
  2. 2 bite (of insect)
咬牙
yǎo yá
  1. 1 to clench one's teeth
  2. 2 to grind the teeth
  3. 3 gnaw
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
尾牙
wěi yá
  1. 1 a year-end dinner for employees
张牙舞爪
zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo
  1. 1 to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
拔牙
bá yá
  1. 1 to extract a tooth
月牙
yuè yá
  1. 1 crescent moon
毒牙
dú yá
  1. 1 venomous fang
洗牙
xǐ yá
  1. 1 scaling and polishing (dentistry)
牙刷
yá shuā
  1. 1 toothbrush
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]

Idioms (14)

一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
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
咬人狗儿不露齿
yǎo rén gǒu r5 bù lù chǐ
  1. 1 lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
  1. 1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
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
拾人牙慧
shí rén yá huì
  1. 1 to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own
  2. 2 to parrot
狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心
gǒu yǎo Lu:3 Dòng bīn , bù shí hǎo rén xīn
  1. 1 a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom)
  2. 2 to ill reward a person's kindness
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
  1. 1 no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
  2. 2 no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
铁齿铜牙
tiě chǐ tóng yá
  1. 1 clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
青面獠牙
qīng miàn liáo yá
  1. 1 ferocious-looking (idiom)

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