咬牙切齿 Chinese English dictionary 咬牙切齿 translate 咬牙切齿 pinyin

咬牙切齿

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
咬牙切齿 yǎoyáqièchǐ	咬牙切齿 \| 咬牙切齿* \| *咬牙切齿	(idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage	咬牙切齒

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
咬	咬 \| 咬* \| *咬	9画口 + 6	yǎo, jiāo	bite, gnaw	ngaau5	6004.8 RYCK


牙	牙 \| 牙* \| *牙	4画牙 + 0	yá, yà	tooth, molars, teeth; serrated	ngaa4	1024.0 MVDH


切	切 \| 切* \| *切	4画刀刂 + 2	qiē, qiè, qì	cut, mince, slice, carve	cit3	4772.0 PSH


齿	齿 \| 齿* \| *齿	8画齿 + 0	chǐ	teeth; gears, cogs; age; simplified form of the Kangxi radical 211	ci2	齒 2177 YMUO

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Simplified		English Definition
咬牙切齿 yǎoyáqièchǐ	咬牙切齿 \| 咬牙切齿* \| *咬牙切齿	(idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage


咬 yǎo	咬 \| 咬* \| *咬	to bite / to nip


咬 yǎo	咬 \| 咬* \| *咬	variant of 咬


咬牙 yǎoyá	咬牙 \| 咬牙* \| *咬牙	to clench one's teeth / to grind the teeth / gnaw


牙　yá	牙 \| 牙* \| *牙	tooth / ivory / CL: 顆｜颗


切　　qiē	切 \| 切* \| *切	to cut; to slice; to carve / (math.) tangential


切　　qiè	切 \| 切* \| *切	definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters)


切齿　　qièchǐ	切齿 \| 切齿* \| *切齿	to gnash one's teeth (in anger)


齿　　　chǐ	齿 \| 齿* \| *齿	(bound form) tooth / (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention