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to brush one's teeth
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颗* | 颗* | *颗
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
HSK 5
to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing)
HSK 7-9
to whiten (the skin or teeth)
mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗑* | 嗑* | *嗑
to crack (seeds) between one's teeth
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龋* | 龋* | *龋
decayed teeth / dental caries
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龈* | 龈* | *龈
gums (of the teeth)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *皓* | 皓* | *皓
(bound form) bright; luminous; white (esp. bright white teeth of youth or white hair of old age)
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  *剔* | 剔* | *剔
to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out
gap between teeth
to grind one's teeth (during sleep) / pointless arguing / (coll.) molar
mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth
"dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship)
to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth
(of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh / to engage
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth
to gnash one's teeth (in anger)
(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly / (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嘶* | 嘶* | *嘶
hiss / neigh / Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)
to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs
white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty)
to clench one's teeth / to grind the teeth / gnaw
pawn / lackey / accomplice (in crime) / collaborator / henchman / claws and teeth
false teeth / dentures
to have bright eyes and white teeth
(idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage
(literary) (of teeth) to be misaligned; (fig.) in disagreement; at odds
to pick one's teeth
buck teeth
lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom); closely related / interdependent
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  *龇* | 龇* | *龇
projecting teeth / to bare one's teeth
lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out / to remember as long as one lives / unforgettable (idiom)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龀* | 龀* | *龀
to replace the milk teeth
to grow teeth; to teethe / growing teeth
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齞* | 齞* | *齞
to display the teeth
lined up close (like teeth of a comb)
to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
pearly white teeth / cowry
dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth)
teeth marks (left on sth) / bite marks
fully armed / armed to the teeth / fig. fully equipped
(idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel
uneven teeth / buck-toothed
hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives / undying gratitude
to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah
to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor / (fig.) to get beaten up badly / to beat the crap out of (sb)
beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom); lovely young woman
premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals)
to get food stuck between one's teeth
bottom teeth
to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs
lit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom) / fig. the most sinister of people can look quite harmless
to gnash one's teeth in anger
(idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel
upper teeth
lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom) / fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically
a rake (with wooden teeth)
gap between teeth
dog hole / gap caused by missing teeth / fig. den of thieves
dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)
white teeth and bright eyes (idiom); lovely young woman
white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龆* | 龆* | *龆
shed the milk teeth / young
teeth grown in old age


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