牙膏
yá gāo
Pinyin
Definition
牙膏
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- toothpaste
- CL:管[guǎn]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (13)
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
张牙舞爪
- 1 to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
Sample Sentences
骄杰喜欢薄荷口味。她说是牙膏口味。
Jiao Jie likes mint flavor. She says it's a toothpaste flavor.
还要牙刷和牙膏。
I'd also like a toothbrush and toothpaste.
也挺像一支牙膏的,太滑稽了!
It also looks quite like a tube of toothpaste. What a riot!
不管是开瓶器也好,军刀、牙膏也好,总之这些争议也大大地提升了这栋楼的人气。就像北京的央视大楼,奥运会的鸟巢和水立方,大家越争,它们越火。
Regardless of whether or not it looks like a bottle opener, a saber, or toothpaste, these kinds of arguments actually help make people more aware of these buildings. Like Beijing's CCTV building, the Olympic Bird's Nest, and the Water Cube. The more people talk about them, the more popular they become.
我觉得像牙齿,也像牙膏。
I think it looks like a tooth. It also looks like toothpaste.