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tooth / dental / CL: 顆|颗
HSK 7-9
clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
tooth of cog wheel / gear tooth
(idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage
sawtooth
(engineering) hobbing (process used in manufacturing gears)
(machine) gear / pinion (gear wheel)
mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc)
tooth decay; dental caries / decayed tooth; rotten tooth
bottom teeth
rack (and pinion)
wisdom tooth
to despise / to hold in contempt
(fig.) close partners; interdependent
artificial tooth
(Tw) naive and innocent (girl or boy); underage prostitute (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [iù-khí])
to gnash one's teeth (in anger)
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth
white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty)
to have bright eyes and white teeth
canine tooth
to open one's mouth / to start talking
lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
molar tooth
clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent / having the gift of the gab
to mention (e.g. "don't mention it")
toothed whales / Odontoceti
lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom); closely related / interdependent
not worth mentioning (idiom)
lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out / to remember as long as one lives / unforgettable (idiom)
to mention / referring to
deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth
(self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything (idiom)
not worth mentioning / not worth considering
to sneer
rodent
pearly white teeth / cowry
perforations (on a postage stamp)
(Tw) obstinate; argumentative; opinionated; skeptical of superstitions (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [thih-khí])
dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth)
root of tooth
white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman
tooth decay / caries
crown of tooth
Portulaca oleracea (common purslane)
gear-shaping
eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence / the gift of the gab
sawtooth shape / zigzag
to grin / also pr. [lou4 chi3]
to lisp / unclear articulation / inarticulate
clear diction / clear articulation
hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives / undying gratitude
Pteranodon (genus of pterosaur)
differential gear
pinion gear
to grin
labiodental (e.g. the consonant f in standard Chinese)
anti-alias (computer graphics)
beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom); lovely young woman
(mechanical engineering) rack and pinion
The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒)
premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals)
to quarrel / to bicker / glib repartee
lit. to feel the taste in one's mouth (idiom) / fig. to water at the mouth / to drool in anticipation
alveolar, apical, or supradental sound (linguistics)
lit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom) / fig. the most sinister of people can look quite harmless
rodents
to gnash one's teeth in anger
gingivitis
maxillary central incisor
upper teeth
to detest sth or sb to the utmost extreme (idiom)
saber-toothed tiger
anti-aliasing
eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text
lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom) / fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
order of rodents (rats, squirrels etc)
anti-aliasing
wisdom tooth
a rake (with wooden teeth)
Thecodontia (obsolete taxonomic grouping of reptiles)
thecodont (type of reptile that existed in the Permian and Triassic Periods)
orthodontic braces
diction / enunciation
white teeth and bright eyes (idiom); lovely young woman
to be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom)
incisor
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tooth / CL: 顆|颗
orthodontic treatment / orthodontics
rack and pinion jack
tooth decay
gear drive
gearbox
dental consonant
orthodontics
gum / gingiva
caries-inducing


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