牙龈 (牙齦)
yá yín
Pinyin

Definition

牙龈 (牙齦)
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yá yín
  1. gums
  2. gingiva

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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

Idioms (9)

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

Sample Sentences

我前两天刷牙，牙龈出血了。你说会不會是坏血病？
wǒ qián liǎng tiān shuāyá ，yáyín chūxiě le 。nǐ shuō huì bù huì shì huàixuěbìng ？
The last couple days when I've brushed my teeth, my gums have bled. You tell me: is this scurvy?
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别瞎说。牙龈出血很正常，我也会的。
bié xiāshuō 。yáyín chūxiě hěn zhèngcháng ，wǒ yě huì de 。
Don't be silly. It's normal for your gums to bleed. Mine do it, too.
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医生，我有糖尿病的症状，而且心率不齐、牙龈出血、老是觉得疲劳。你帮我验验血，检查一下有没有糖尿病或者其它什么病。我还要做心电图、脑电图。还有，癌症要怎么查？
yīshēng ，wǒ yǒu tángniàobìng de zhèngzhuàng ，érqiě xīnlǜ bù qí 、yáyín chūxiě 、lǎoshì juéde píláo 。nǐ bāng wǒ yàn yàn xiě ，jiǎnchá yīxià yǒu méiyǒu tángniàobìng huòzhě qítā shénme bìng 。wǒ hái yào zuò xīndiàntú 、nǎodiàntú 。háiyǒu ，áizhèng yào zěnme chá ？
Doctor, I have the symptoms of diabetes, and my heart rate is uneven, and my gums bleed, and I always feel exhausted. Please test my blood and check to see if I have diabetes or some other disease. I also want to do an electrocardiogram, and an electroencephalogram. And how do you check for cancer?
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发烧只是症状之一，并不是上火本身。上火分成好几种，有心火、肝火、胃火、还有肺火，而且有不一样的症状。你可别小看了它，很多疾病都是上火引起的。什么头疼脑热啊，牙龈肿痛啊，都是。
fāshāo zhǐshì zhèngzhuàng zhīyī ，bìng bù shì shànghuǒ běnshēn 。shànghuǒ fēnchéng hǎojǐ zhǒng ，yǒu xīnhuǒ 、gānhuǒ 、wèihuǒ 、hái yǒu fèihuǒ ，érqiě yǒu bùyīyàng de zhèngzhuàng 。nǐ kě bié xiǎokàn le tā ，hěn duō jíbìng dōu shì shànghuǒ yǐnqǐ de 。shénme tóuténgnǎorè a ，yáyín zhǒngtòng a ，dōu shì 。
Fever is just one of the symptoms. But that isn't the essence of excessive internal heat. There are several different kinds: heart fire, liver fire, stomach fire, and lung fire. Each one has different symptoms. Don't underestimate it. A lot of diseases are brought about by excessive internal heat. Things like headache and fever, swelling of the gums.
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牙龈有点儿发炎。
yáyín yǒudiǎnr fāyán 。
Your gums are a bit inflamed.
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