空隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events syn 空档 空檔 kòng dàng gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc) 换牙 換牙 huàn yá to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth 触发式放电器 triggered spark gap / spark gap / flash gap 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 间距 間距 jiān jù gap / spacing / distance between objects / interval between events syn 帝汶沟条约 帝汶溝條約 Treaty between Australia and the Republic of Indonesia on the Zone of Cooperation in an Area between the Indonesian Province of East Timor and Northern Australia / Timor Gap Treaty 咬牙 yǎo yá to clench one's teeth / to grind the teeth / gnaw syn 长牙 長牙 zhǎng yá to grow teeth / to teethe / growing teeth 龇 齜 zī projecting teeth / to bare one's 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 齿更 齒更 chǐ gēng dental transition (from milk teeth to adult 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) 间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) syn 死角 sǐ jiǎo gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end 空子 kòng zi gap / unoccupied space or time / fig. gap / loophole syn 补白 補白 bǔ bái to fill a gap (e.g. a gap in knowledge or blank space in a print layout) / to make some additional remarks / filler (in a newspaper or magazine) 数据空白 數據空白 gap in coverage / data gap 乒间空白 乒間空白 interping gap / ping to ping gap 覆盖遗漏 覆蓋遺漏 fù gài yí lòu interping gap / ping to ping gap 贫穷深度比 貧窮深度比 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index 贫穷深度指数 貧窮深度指數 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index 夹 夾 jiā to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2] syn 嘶 sī hiss / neigh / Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over) syn 嗑 kè to crack (seeds) between one's teeth syn 塞牙 sāi yá to get food stuck between one's teeth 无间 無間 wú jiàn very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable syn 鸿沟 鴻溝 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4] syn 亲密无间 親密無間 qīn mì wú jiān close relation, no gap (idiom) / intimate and nothing can come between syn 囟门 囟門 xìn mén fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) 囟 xìn fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) 侯门似海 侯門似海 hóu mén sì hǎi lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea / there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom) 囟脑门 囟腦門 xìn nǎo mén fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) 侯门似海 侯門似海 hóu mén - sì hǎi lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom) / fig. there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people 居中 jū zhōng to be between two parties (as in mediation) / to be in the middle / to be in between / (page layout) to be centered syn 介于 介於 jiè yú between / intermediate / to lie between syn 居间 居間 jū jiān positioned between (two parties) / to mediate between syn 间 間 jiān between / among / within a definite time or space / room / section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars / classifier for rooms syn 分野 fēn yě dividing line between distinct realms / boundary / field-allocation (in Chinese astrology, the association between celestial regions and corresponding terrestrial realms) syn 做媒 zuò méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) syn 介 jiè to introduce / to lie between / between / shell / armor syn 三十八度线 三十八度線 sān shí bā dù xiàn 38th parallel / dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea 保媒 bǎo méi to act as go-between (between prospective marriage partners etc) syn 两清 兩清 liǎng qīng to square accounts (between borrower and lender or between buyer and seller) 1900年条约 1900年條約 Treaty between Italy and Ethiopia, for the Delimitation of the Frontier between Eritrea and Ethiopia / 1900 Treaty 1908年条约 1908年條約 Convention between Italy and Ethiopia for the Settlement of the Frontier Between the Italian Colony of Eritrea and the Provinces of the Ethiopian Empire / 1908 Treaty / 1908 Treaty relating to the Eastern Sector 1908年东段条约 1908年東段條約 Convention between Italy and Ethiopia for the Settlement of the Frontier Between the Italian Colony of Eritrea and the Provinces of the Ethiopian Empire / 1908 Treaty / 1908 Treaty relating to the Eastern Sector 路氹 lù dàng Cotai, portmanteau term referring to the islands of 路環|路环[Lu4 huan2] (Coloane) and 氹仔[Dang4 zai3] (Taipa) in Macau / the strip of reclaimed land between Coloane and Taipa / the island formed by Coloane, Taipa and the reclaimed land between them 夹心饼干 夾心餅乾 jiā xīn bǐng gān sandwich cookie / (jocular) sb who is caught between two opposing parties / sb who is between the hammer and the anvil 印堂 yìn táng the part of the forehead between the eyebrows / yintang, acupuncture point at the midpoint between the medial ends of the eyebrows syn 命门 命門 mìng mén (TCM) the right kidney / (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys / the region between the kidneys / the eyes / (fortune-telling) the temples / (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point 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 口齿 口齒 kǒu chǐ mouth and teeth / enunciation / to articulate / diction / age (of cattle, horses etc) syn 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 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 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 皓齿 皓齒 hào chǐ white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty) 龃龉 齟齬 jǔ yǔ (literary) (of teeth) to be misaligned / (fig.) in disagreement / at odds syn 暴牙 bào yá buck teeth 唇齿相依 唇齒相依 chún chǐ xiāng yī lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom) / closely related / interdependent syn 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 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 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 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 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 哀哭切齿 哀哭切齒 āi kū qiè chǐ weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom) 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 皓齿朱唇 皓齒硃唇 hào chǐ zhū chún white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom) / lovely young woman 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 