牙垢
yá gòu
Pinyin

Definition

牙垢
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yá gòu
  1. dental plaque
  2. tartar

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shuā yá
  1. 1 to brush one's teeth
  1. 1 tooth
  2. 2 ivory
  3. 3 classifier: 颗 kē
yá gāo
  1. 1 toothpaste
  2. 2 classifier: 管 guǎn
yá chǐ
  1. 1 tooth
  2. 2 dental
  3. 3 classifier: 颗 kē
Xī bān yá
  1. 1 Spain

Idioms (15)

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
含垢忍辱
hán gòu rěn rǔ
  1. 1 to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)
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