张牙舞爪 (張牙舞爪)
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Pinyin
Definition
张牙舞爪 (張牙舞爪)
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- to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一鳞半爪
- 1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
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
咬牙切齿
- 1 gnashing one's teeth (idiom); displaying extreme anger
- 2 fuming with rage between gritted teeth
咬紧牙关
- 1 lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain
- 2 to bite the bullet