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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *咬* | 咬* | *咬
to bite / to nip
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *齩* | 齩* | *齩
variant of
HSK 5
(of uneven surfaces) to fit together / (of gear wheels) to mesh / (dentistry) occlusion / bite
sting / bite (of insect)
to clench one's teeth / to grind the teeth / gnaw
(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly / (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知節|程知节, Chinese general of the Tang dynasty
to make a false countercharge
(coll.) to whisper in sb's ear
to chew / to masticate / to ruminate / to mull over
see 刈包
to pronounce (clearly or otherwise) / to enunciate
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
to assert / to insist that
bite scar
to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
to bite
(of fish) to bite; to take the bait
to gnaw
to gnaw
onychophagia (nail biting)
bitten-lips look (darker lipstick applied on the inner part of the lips, and lighter on the outer part)
lit. once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / fig. once bitten, twice shy
variant of 咬嚙|咬啮 / to gnaw
to nibble
to arbitrarily assert / to allege / to stick to one's statement / to cling to one's view
see 一朝被蛇咬十年怕井繩|一朝被蛇咬十年怕井绳 [yi1zhao1 bei4 she2 yao3 , shi2nian2 pa4 jing3sheng2]
lit. Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying) / fig. sb shows up unexpectedly and disrupts the plan / sb whose presence is regarded as irksome
lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom) / fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
lit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom) / fig. the most sinister of people can look quite harmless
bite (e.g. snake bite, mosquito bite)
(idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage
to commit suicide by biting off one's tongue
whispering in sb's ear
(bird species of China) orange-breasted trogon (Harpactes oreskios)
a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom) / to ill reward a person's kindness
dog-eat-dog / dogfight
(bird species of China) Ward's trogon (Harpactes wardi)
(bird species of China) red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus)
(idiom) unwilling to let go / like a dog with a bone / dogged


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