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怒目切齿

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Pīnyīn
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to gnash one's teeth in anger

Character decomposition:

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
怒
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *怒* | 怒* | *怒
9画
anger, rage, passion; angry
4733.4
VEP
目
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *目* | 目* | *目
5画
eye; look, see; division, topic; Kangxi radical 109
6010.1
BU
切
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *切* | 切* | *切
4画
cut, mince, slice, carve
4772.0
PSH
齿
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *齿* | 齿* | *齿
8画
teeth; gears, cogs; age; simplified form of the Kangxi radical 211
齒
2177
YMUO

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
怒目切齿
to gnash one's teeth in anger
怒
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *怒* | 怒* | *怒
Nu ethnic group
怒
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *怒* | 怒* | *怒
anger / fury / flourishing / vigorous
怒目
with glaring eyes / glowering
 目
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *目* | 目* | *目
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title
  切
  qiē​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *切* | 切* | *切
to cut; to slice; to carve / (math.) tangential
  切
  qiè​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
to gnash one's teeth (in anger)
   齿
   chǐ​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齿* | 齿* | *齿
(bound form) tooth / (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention