尖牙
jiān yá
Pinyin

Definition

尖牙
 - 
jiān yá
  1. canine tooth
  2. fang
  3. tusk

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刷牙
shuā yá
  1. 1 to brush one's teeth
尖叫
jiān jiào
  1. 1 to screech
  2. 2 to shriek
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
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
尖
jiān
  1. 1 point (of needle)
  2. 2 sharp
  3. 3 shrewd
  4. 4 pointed
尖尖
jiān jiān
  1. 1 sharp
  2. 2 pointed
尖椒
jiān jiāo
  1. 1 chili pepper
尖沙咀
Jiān shā zuǐ
  1. 1 Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
尖端
jiān duān
  1. 1 sharp pointed end
  2. 2 the tip
  3. 3 the cusp
  4. 4 tip-top
  5. 5 most advanced and sophisticated
  6. 6 highest peak
  7. 7 the best
尖酸
jiān suān
  1. 1 harsh
  2. 2 scathing
  3. 3 acid (remarks)
尖锐
jiān ruì
  1. 1 sharp
  2. 2 intense
  3. 3 penetrating
  4. 4 pointed
  5. 5 acute (illness)
尖头
jiān tóu
  1. 1 pointed end
  2. 2 tip
  3. 3 (medicine) oxycephaly

Idioms (11)

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
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
针尖对麦芒
zhēn jiān duì mài máng
  1. 1 sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)
铁齿铜牙
tiě chǐ tóng yá
  1. 1 clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
钻牛角尖
zuān niú jiǎo jiān
  1. 1 lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
  2. 2 to bash one's head against a brick wall
  3. 3 a wild goose chase
  4. 4 a blind alley
  5. 5 to split hairs
青面獠牙
qīng miàn liáo yá
  1. 1 ferocious-looking (idiom)

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