刷牙 shuā yá to brush one's teeth 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 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 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 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 封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 丛生 叢生 cóng shēng growing as a thicket / overgrown / breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc) 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 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 唇齿相依 唇齒相依 chún chǐ xiāng yī lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom) / closely related / interdependent syn 啮合 嚙合 niè hé (of opposing teeth, or gears) to mesh / to engage 美白 měi bái to whiten (the skin or teeth) 发展趋势 發展趨勢 fā zhǎn qū shì growing trend 方兴未艾 方興未艾 fāng xīng wèi ài flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up syn 撕咬 sī yǎo to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another) 养花 養花 yǎng huā growing flowers 切齿 切齒 qiè chǐ to gnash one's teeth (in anger) 产粮 產糧 chǎn liáng to grow crops / food growing 皓齿 皓齒 hào chǐ white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty) 暴牙 bào yá buck teeth 颗 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc syn 嗑 kè to crack (seeds) between one's teeth syn 园 園 yuán land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc syn 苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) 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 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 龈 齦 yín gums (of the teeth) syn 龇 齜 zī projecting teeth / to bare one's teeth 蘖 櫱 niè new shoot growing from cut branch or stump syn 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) 顶芽 頂芽 dǐng yá terminal bud (growing at the tip of a plant) 根深叶茂 根深葉茂 gēn shēn yè mào deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly syn 边材 邊材 biān cái sapwood (between vascular cambium and pith inside growing wood) 龋 齲 qǔ decayed teeth / dental caries 龆 齠 tiáo shed the milk teeth / young 龀 齔 chèn to replace the milk teeth 福田 fú tián field for growing happiness / domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism) 塞牙 sāi yá to get food stuck between one's teeth 长势 長勢 zhǎng shì how well a crop (or plant) is growing / growth 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 方滋未艾 fāng zī wèi ài flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up 方兴未已 方興未已 fāng xīng wèi yǐ flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) / rapidly expanding / still growing strong / on the up 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 齿更 齒更 chǐ gēng dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth) 嫩苗龟 嫩苗龜 nèn miáo guī Turtwig, Japanese comic character, turtle with seedling growing out of its head 混作 hùn zuò mixed cropping (i.e. growing two crops together) 产粮区 產糧區 chǎn liáng qū food growing area 直根 zhí gēn taproot (main root growing vertically down) 腋芽 yè yá axillary bud / bud growing from axil of plant syn 蓄须明志 蓄鬚明志 xù xū míng zhì to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese) 快速发展城市水资源管理北京会议 Beijing Conference on Managing Water Resources in Rapidly Growing Cities 特许种植区 licensed growing area 区域应对行动计划 Regional Action Plan to Address the Growing Problem of Illicit Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime and Drug Abuse in West Africa / Regional Response Action Plan 扶持可持续企业 扶持可持續企業 fú chí kě chí xù qǐ yè Growing Sustainable Business 培育包容性市场 培育包容性市場 péi yù bāo róng xìng shì chǎng Growing Inclusive Markets 生长季节 生長季節 shēng zhǎng jì jié growing season / vegetative season 快速增长城市可持续发展环境和都市地质 快速增長城市可持續發展環境和都市地質 Environmental and Urban Geology for Sustainable Development of Fast-growing Cities 更长的生长季节 更長的生長季節 longer growing seasons 小时了了，大未必佳 小時了了，大未必佳 xiǎo shí liǎo liǎo , dà wèi bì jiā being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb) 转作 轉作 zhuǎn zuò (agriculture) to switch to growing a different crop 茽 zhòng vegetation growing thickly 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 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 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) 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 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 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 