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


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