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to brush one's teeth
HSK 4
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  *牙* | 牙* | *牙
tooth / ivory / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 4
The Hague (seat of government of the Netherlands)
Portugal
a year-end dinner for employees
to grind one's teeth (during sleep) / pointless arguing / (coll.) molar
false teeth / dentures
ivory / elephant tusk
tooth decay; dental caries / decayed tooth; rotten tooth
to fill a tooth (cavity) / to have a tooth filled / a dental filling
to clench one's teeth / to grind the teeth / gnaw
crescent moon
tusk
to grow teeth; to teethe / growing teeth
to laugh one's head off / ridiculous / jaw-dropping
a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
Spain
to get food stuck between one's teeth
bucktooth
to have a false tooth set in / denture
permanent tooth (as opposed to deciduous tooth 乳牙) / adult tooth
front tooth; incisor
clappers (musical instrument used to mark the time, made from ivory or hardwood and painted red)
tusk; fang
tooth decay; dental caries / decayed tooth; rotten tooth
Buddha's tooth (a holy relic)
to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth
(dentistry) to perform or undergo scaling (removal of dental plaque and calculus)
al dente
deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth
pawn / lackey / accomplice (in crime) / collaborator / henchman / claws and teeth
(coll.) eye tooth (maxillary canine tooth)
very old / obsolete / out of date
ferocious-looking (idiom)
venomous fang
to pick one's teeth
incisor / molar / screw die / threading die
canine tooth; fang; tusk
to extract a tooth
(dentistry) to perform or undergo scaling (removal of dental plaque and calculus)
dental implant
buck teeth
toothless / (fig.) powerless / ineffectual / weak
curb
incisor tooth
celluloid
(coll.) to be out of luck
wisdom tooth
to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor / (fig.) to get beaten up badly / to beat the crap out of (sb)
Yamanya township in Shule county, Kashgar, Xinjiang
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
(onom.) the barking of dogs fighting
abutment tooth (dentistry)
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
real estate agent (old)
deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth / also written 乳齒|乳齿
dental implant
molar tooth
lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom) / fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel
Bluetooth
clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)


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