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tooth / ivory / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 4
to brush one's teeth
HSK 4
(coll.) eye tooth (maxillary canine tooth)
Bluetooth
crescent moon
Spain
front tooth; incisor
to fill a tooth (cavity) / to have a tooth filled / a dental filling
Portugal
tusk; fang
tooth decay; dental caries / decayed tooth; rotten tooth
to grind one's teeth (during sleep) / pointless arguing / (coll.) molar
(dentistry) to perform or undergo scaling (removal of dental plaque and calculus)
ivory / elephant tusk
to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth
bucktooth
The Hague (seat of government of the Netherlands)
deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth
molar tooth
clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
to have a false tooth set in / denture
to clench one's teeth / to grind the teeth / gnaw
pawn / lackey / accomplice (in crime) / collaborator / henchman / claws and teeth
false teeth / dentures
incisor / molar / screw die / threading die
a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
to laugh one's head off / ridiculous / jaw-dropping
venomous fang
to pick one's teeth
buck teeth
tooth decay; dental caries / decayed tooth; rotten tooth
Buddha's tooth (a holy relic)
very old / obsolete / out of date
curb
ferocious-looking (idiom)
tusk
to grow teeth; to teethe / growing teeth
to extract a tooth
clappers (musical instrument used to mark the time, made from ivory or hardwood and painted red)
canine tooth; fang; tusk
al dente
Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王 and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
(dentistry) to perform or undergo scaling (removal of dental plaque and calculus)
deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth / also written 乳齒|乳齿
a year-end dinner for employees
to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor / (fig.) to get beaten up badly / to beat the crap out of (sb)
permanent tooth (as opposed to deciduous tooth 乳牙) / adult tooth
to get food stuck between one's teeth
incisor tooth
toothless / (fig.) powerless / ineffectual / weak
Yamanya township in Shule county, Kashgar, Xinjiang
celluloid
(onom.) the barking of dogs fighting
(coll.) to be out of luck
abutment tooth (dentistry)
real estate agent (old)
wisdom tooth
dental implant
lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom) / fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel
dental implant


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