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"claws and teeth" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
爪牙 zhǎo yá pawn / lackey / accomplice (in crime) / collaborator / henchman / claws and teeth syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
换牙 換牙 huàn yá to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth
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
咬牙 yǎo yá to clench one's teeth / to grind the teeth / gnaw 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
长牙 長牙 zhǎng yá to grow teeth / to teethe / growing teeth
龇 齜 zī projecting teeth / to bare one's teeth
齿更 齒更 chǐ gēng dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth)
张牙舞爪 張牙舞爪 zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom) / to make threatening gestures syn
魔爪 mó zhǎo evil clutches / claws syn
鸭掌 鴨掌 yā zhǎng duck feet (claws)
爪 zhǎo foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons syn
无爪 無爪 wú zhuǎ without claws / fig. powerless
收敛锋芒 收斂鋒芒 shōu liǎn fēng máng to draw in one's claws / to show some modesty
去爪 qù zhuǎ to declaw (a cat etc) / (food preparation) to remove claws, pincer legs or similar hard tips
口齿 口齒 kǒu chǐ mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc) syn
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
皓齿 皓齒 hào chǐ white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty)
唇齿相依 唇齒相依 chún chǐ xiāng yī lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom) / closely related / interdependent syn
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
哀哭切齿 哀哭切齒 āi kū qiè chǐ weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom)
皓齿朱唇 皓齒硃唇 hào chǐ zhū chún white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom) / lovely young woman
美白 měi bái to whiten (the skin or teeth)
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)
刷牙 shuā yá to brush one's teeth
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
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
磨牙 mó yá to grind one's teeth (during sleep) / pointless arguing / (coll.) molar syn
牙缝 牙縫 yá fèng gap between teeth
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
撕咬 sī yǎo to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
假牙 jiǎ yá false teeth / dentures
切齿 切齒 qiè chǐ to gnash one's teeth (in anger)
啮合 嚙合 niè hé (of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh / to engage
龃龉 齟齬 jǔ yǔ (literary) (of teeth) to be misaligned / (fig.) in disagreement / at odds syn
暴牙 bào yá buck teeth
剔牙 tī yá to pick 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
栉比 櫛比 zhì bǐ lined up close (like teeth of a comb)
颗 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc syn
嘶 sī hiss / neigh / Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over) syn
剔 tī to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out syn
龋 齲 qǔ decayed teeth / dental caries
龈 齦 yín gums (of the teeth) syn
嗑 kè to crack (seeds) between one's teeth syn
龆 齠 tiáo shed the milk teeth / young
龀 齔 chèn to replace the milk teeth
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
上齿 上齒 shàng chǐ upper teeth
下齿 下齒 xià chǐ bottom teeth
齞 niàn to display the teeth
齵 yú uneven (teeth)
全副武装 全副武裝 quán fù wǔ zhuāng fully armed / armed to the teeth / fig. fully equipped
前臼齿 前臼齒 qián jiù chǐ premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals)
呲牙咧嘴 zī yá liě zuǐ to grimace (in pain) / to show one's teeth / to bare one's fangs
木齿耙 木齒耙 mù chǐ pá a rake (with wooden teeth)
没齿不忘 沒齒不忘 mò chǐ bù wàng lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out / to remember as long as one lives / unforgettable (idiom) syn
没齿难忘 沒齒難忘 mò chǐ nán wàng hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom) / to remember a benefactor as long as one lives / undying gratitude
牙缝儿 牙縫兒 yá fèng r gap between teeth
狗窦 狗竇 gǒu dòu dog hole / gap caused by missing teeth / fig. den of thieves
狗窦大开 狗竇大開 gǒu dòu dà kāi dog hole wide open (idiom) / fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)
磨嘴皮子 mó zuǐ pí zi to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom) / pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah syn
齱 zōu uneven teeth / buck-toothed
齱齵 zōu yú uneven teeth / buck-toothed
龋蠹 齲蠹 qǔ dù rotten teeth
睁着眼睛说瞎话 睜著眼睛說瞎話 zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà (idiom) to lie through one's teeth / to talk drivel
龙牙 龍牙 dragon teeth
塞牙 sāi yá to get food stuck between one's teeth
满地找牙 滿地找牙 mǎn dì zhǎo yá to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor / (fig.) to get beaten up badly / to beat the crap out of (sb)
贝齿 貝齒 bèi chǐ pearly white teeth / cowry
睁眼说瞎话 睜眼說瞎話 zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huà (idiom) to lie through one's teeth / to talk drivel
𫐐 輗 ní clamps for crossbar of carriage / teeth grown in old age
牙印 yá yìn teeth marks (left on sth) / bite marks
咬人的狗不露齿 咬人的狗不露齒 yǎo rén de gǒu bù lòu chǐ lit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom) / fig. the most sinister of people can look quite harmless
打掉门牙，往肚子里咽 打掉門牙，往肚子裡嚥 dǎ diào mén yá , wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom) / fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically
咬牙切齿 咬牙切齒 yǎo yá - qiè chǐ (idiom) to gnash one's teeth / to fume with rage syn
咬紧牙关 咬緊牙關 yǎo jǐn - yá guān (idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly / (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering / to bite the bullet syn
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn
诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
及其 jí qí (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ... / and their ... / and his ... / and her ... syn
日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn
广电总局 廣電總局 guǎng diàn zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (abbr. for 國家廣播電視總局|国家广播电视总局[Guo2 jia1 Guang3 bo1 Dian4 shi4 Zong3 ju2]) / formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
张志新 張志新 zhāng zhì xīn Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom) / fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons syn
五劳七伤 五勞七傷 wǔ láo qī shāng (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
三曹 sān cáo the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
九流 jiǔ liú the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]
春秋五霸 chūn qiū wǔ bà the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公[Qi2 Huan2 gong1], Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王[Chu3 Zhuang1 wang2], and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公[Song4 Xiang1 gong1] and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[Qin2 Mu4 gong1] or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾[Wu2 wang2 He2 Lu:2] and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践[Yue4 wang2 Gou1 Jian4]
阿姆河 ā mǔ hé Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan / formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers
简化行政、商业、运输手续及惯例中心 簡化行政、商業、運輸手續及慣例中心 United Nations Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport / Centre for Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce and Transport
亚太农业工程与机械中心 United Nations Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery / Asian and Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery
联合国和平与裁军亚洲及太平洋区域中心 United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific / United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament for Asia and the Pacific
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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