受 shòu to receive / to accept / to suffer / subjected to / to bear / to stand / pleasant / (passive marker) / (LGBT) bottom syn 屁股 pì gu buttocks / bottom / butt / back part syn 究竟 jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result syn 底线 底線 dǐ xiàn bottom line / the limit of what one is prepared to accept / (sports) baseline / (sewing) under thread / spy / informer / plant syn 海底 hǎi dǐ seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean 上下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about / more or less syn 心底 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart syn 刷牙 shuā yá to brush one's teeth 扫地 掃地 sǎo dì to sweep the floor / (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom / to be at an all-time low syn 底部 dǐ bù bottom syn 查清 chá qīng to find out / to ascertain / to get to the bottom of / to clarify syn 彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn 假牙 jiǎ yá false teeth / dentures 忘恩负义 忘恩負義 wàng ēn fù yì to forget favors and violate justice (idiom) / ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth syn 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 死里逃生 死裡逃生 sǐ lǐ táo shēng mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth syn 满心 滿心 mǎn xīn one's whole heart / from the bottom of one's heart syn 口齿 口齒 kǒu chǐ mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc) syn 水底 shuǐ dǐ the bottom of a body of water 爪牙 zhǎo yá pawn / lackey / accomplice (in crime) / collaborator / henchman / claws and teeth syn 磨牙 mó yá to grind one's teeth (during sleep) / pointless arguing / (coll.) molar syn 肺腑 fèi fǔ bottom of the heart (fig.) syn 牙缝 牙縫 yá fèng gap between teeth 剔牙 tī yá to pick one's teeth 咬牙 yǎo yá to clench one's teeth / to grind the teeth / gnaw syn 穷尽 窮盡 qióng jìn to use up / to exhaust / to probe to the bottom / limit / end syn 下行 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom syn 底子 dǐ zi base / foundation / bottom syn 咬牙切齿 咬牙切齒 yǎo yá qiè chǐ gnashing one's teeth (idiom) / displaying extreme anger / fuming with rage between gritted teeth syn 追根 zhuī gēn to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth syn 身长 身長 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) syn 寻根 尋根 xún gēn to seek one's roots / to get to the bottom of a matter 锅巴 鍋巴 guō bā guoba (scorched rice at the bottom of the pan) syn 井底之蛙 jǐng dǐ zhī wā lit. a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom) / fig. a person of limited outlook and experience syn 底限 dǐ xiàn lowest limit / bottom line syn 龙骨 龍骨 lóng gǔ "dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship) syn 街头巷尾 街頭巷尾 jiē tóu xiàng wěi top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city syn 肺腑之言 fèi fǔ zhī yán words from the bottom of one's heart syn 龇牙咧嘴 齜牙咧嘴 zī yá liě zuǐ to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs syn 龃龉 齟齬 jǔ yǔ (literary) (of teeth) to be misaligned / (fig.) in disagreement / at odds syn 拍马 拍馬 pāi mǎ to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady 坐井观天 坐井觀天 zuò jǐng guān tiān lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) / ignorant and narrow-minded syn 唇齿相依 唇齒相依 chún chǐ xiāng yī lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom) / closely related / interdependent syn 根底 gēn dǐ foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause syn 啮合 嚙合 niè hé (of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh / to engage 溜须拍马 溜鬚拍馬 liū xū pāi mǎ to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom) / to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking syn 心坎 xīn kǎn bottom of one's heart syn 自下而上 zì xià ér shàng bottom-up 美白 měi bái to whiten (the skin or teeth) 倒数 倒數 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats) 屁屁 pì pi (child's term) buttocks / bottom 龙宫 龍宮 lóng gōng palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea syn 撕咬 sī yǎo to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another) 底面 dǐ miàn bottom / bottom side / bottom surface 底端 dǐ duān bottom / bottom side / end part 切齿 切齒 qiè chǐ to gnash one's teeth (in anger) 纵贯 縱貫 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) syn 中轴 中軸 zhōng zhóu axis / (bicycle) bottom bracket 脚轮 腳輪 jiǎo lún caster (attached to the bottom of furniture, trolleys etc) 打屁股 dǎ pì gu to spank sb's bottom 长牙 長牙 zhǎng yá to grow teeth / to teethe / growing teeth 皓齿 皓齒 hào chǐ white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty) 暴牙 bào yá buck teeth 底 dǐ bottom / base / background / foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix / base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4]) syn 颗 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc syn 摆 擺 bǎi hem (at the bottom of a garment) syn 嗑 kè to crack (seeds) between one's teeth syn 剔 tī to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out syn 嘶 sī hiss / neigh / Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over) syn 刨根问底 刨根問底 páo gēn wèn dǐ to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 咬紧牙关 咬緊牙關 yǎo jǐn yá guān lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom) / fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain / to bite the bullet syn 换牙 換牙 huàn yá to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth 海床 hǎi chuáng seabed / seafloor / bottom of the ocean 龈 齦 yín gums (of the teeth) syn 龇 齜 zī projecting teeth / to bare one's teeth 唇亡齿寒 唇亡齒寒 chún wáng chǐ hán lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom) / fig. intimately interdependent syn 抓斗 抓鬥 grab sampler / bottom grab / grab / snapper 栉比 櫛比 zhì bǐ lined up close (like teeth of a comb) 龋 齲 qǔ decayed teeth / dental caries 龆 齠 tiáo shed the milk teeth / young 龀 齔 chèn to replace the milk teeth 塞牙 sāi yá to get food stuck between one's teeth 下装 下裝 xià zhuāng to take off costume and makeup / bottom garment (trousers etc) syn 追根问底 追根問底 zhuī gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 前臼齿 前臼齒 qián jiù chǐ premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals) 齗 kěn gums (of the teeth) / to dispute 齯 ní teeth grown in old age 怒目切齿 怒目切齒 nù mù qiè chǐ to gnash one's teeth in anger 皓齿明眸 皓齒明眸 hào chǐ míng móu white teeth and bright eyes (idiom) / lovely young woman 蛾眉皓齿 蛾眉皓齒 é méi hào chǐ beautiful eyebrow and white teeth (idiom) / lovely young woman 明眸皓齿 明眸皓齒 míng móu hào chǐ to have bright eyes and white teeth syn 尾大不掉 wěi dà bù diào large tail obstructs action (idiom) / bottom heavy / fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates 盘根问底 盤根問底 pán gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 盘根究底 盤根究底 pán gēn jiū dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth syn 询根问底 詢根問底 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth 追根溯源 zhuī gēn sù yuán to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth 颜面扫地 顏面掃地 yán miàn sǎo dì lit. for one's face to reach rock bottom / to be thoroughly discredited (idiom) 釜底游鱼 釜底游魚 jǐn dǐ yóu yú a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom) / in a desperate situation 穷则思变 窮則思變 qióng zé sī biàn (idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach 