蛀牙 zhù yá tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth 龋齿 齲齒 qǔ chǐ tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth syn 乳牙 rǔ yá deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth 虫牙 蟲牙 chóng yá tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth syn 乳齿 乳齒 rǔ chǐ deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth syn 恒牙 恆牙 héng yá permanent tooth (as opposed to deciduous tooth 乳牙) / adult tooth 暂牙 暫牙 zàn yá deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth / also written 乳齒|乳齿[ru3 chi3] 补牙 補牙 bǔ yá to fill a tooth (cavity) / to have a tooth filled / a dental filling 以牙还牙 以牙還牙 yǐ yá huán yá a tooth for a tooth (retaliation) syn 以眼还眼，以牙还牙 以眼還眼，以牙還牙 yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom) / fig. to use the enemy's methods against him / to give sb a taste of his own medicine 虎牙 hǔ yá (coll.) eye tooth (maxillary canine tooth) syn 轮齿 輪齒 lún chǐ tooth of cog wheel / gear tooth 板蓝根 板藍根 bǎn lán gēn indigo woad root / root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM) 方根 fāng gēn (math.) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根[si4ci4 fang1gen1]) syn 块根 塊根 kuài gēn root tuber / tuberous root 藁本 gǎo běn Ligusticum levisticum (Chinese lovage root) / ligusticum root 根服务器 根服務器 gēn fú wù qì root server / DNS root server 羌活 qiāng huó Notopterygium root (root of Notopterygium incisum) 平方平均数 平方平均數 píng fāng píng jūn shù root mean square (RMS) / quadratic root 牙齿 牙齒 yá chǐ tooth / dental / CL:顆|颗[ke1] syn 厮杀 廝殺 sī shā to fight at close quarters / to fight tooth and nail syn 门牙 門牙 mén yá front tooth / incisor syn 拔牙 bá yá to extract a tooth 尖牙 jiān yá canine tooth / fang / tusk 义 義 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn 智齿 智齒 zhì chǐ wisdom tooth syn 义齿 義齒 yì chǐ artificial tooth 犬齿 犬齒 quǎn chǐ canine tooth syn 臼齿 臼齒 jiù chǐ molar tooth syn 镶牙 鑲牙 xiāng yá to have a false tooth set in / denture 牙粉 yá fěn tooth powder 防龋 防齲 fáng qǔ to prevent tooth decay / anti-caries 佛牙 fó yá Buddha's tooth (a holy relic) 珐琅质 琺瑯質 fà láng zhì (old) tooth enamel (still in use in Taiwan) syn 槽牙 cáo yá molar tooth syn 牙 yá tooth / ivory / CL:顆|颗[ke1] syn 齿 齒 chǐ tooth / CL:顆|颗[ke1] syn 上口齿 上口齒 shàng kǒu chǐ supraoral tooth 切牙 qiē yá incisor tooth 前磨齿 前磨齒 qián mó chǐ premolar tooth 前臼齿 前臼齒 qián jiù chǐ premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals) 智慧齿 智慧齒 zhì huì chǐ wisdom tooth 牙冠 yá guān crown of a tooth / (dental) crown 牙釉质 牙釉質 yá yòu zhì tooth enamel 牙髓 yá suǐ tooth pulp 磨齿 磨齒 mó chǐ molar tooth 齿冠 齒冠 chǐ guān crown of tooth 齿蠹 齒蠹 chǐ dù tooth decay 齿龋 齒齲 chǐ qǔ tooth decay / caries 智牙 zhì yá wisdom tooth syn 基牙 jī yá abutment tooth (dentistry) 挤破头 擠破頭 jǐ pò tóu to fight tooth and nail to get sth 原因 yuán yīn cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 根本 gēn běn fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 部位 bù wèi part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc) syn 平方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) 根源 gēn yuán origin / root (cause) syn 支部 zhī bù branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party syn 标本 標本 biāo běn specimen / sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease 下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn 助阵 助陣 zhù zhèn to cheer / to root for 根本原因 gēn běn yuán yīn root cause 铲除 剷除 chǎn chú to root out / to eradicate / to sweep away / to abolish syn 斩草除根 斬草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom) / to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely syn 根目录 根目錄 gēn mù lù root directory 甘草 gān cǎo licorice root 扎根 zhā gēn to take root 防风 防風 fáng fēng to protect from wind / fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), its root used in TCM 治本 zhì běn to tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) syn 黄芪 黃芪 huáng qí huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus 根系 gēn xì root system 莲藕 蓮藕 lián ǒu lotus root syn 除根 chú gēn to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all syn 治标 治標 zhì biāo to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause 植根 zhí gēn to take root / to establish a base 祸根 禍根 huò gēn root of the trouble / cause of the ruin syn 白芷 bái zhǐ Dahurian angelica (Angelica dahurica) / root of Dahurian angelica (used in TCM) 党参 黨參 dǎng shēn poor man's ginseng (Codonopsis pilosula) / codonopsis root (used in TCM) syn 木香 mù xiāng costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei syn 本 běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn 字根 zì gēn component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root / etymon 柴胡 chái hú Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense) / root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM) 病根 bìng gēn an incompletely cured illness / an old complaint / the root cause of trouble syn 开方 開方 kāi fāng (medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity 何首乌 何首烏 hé shǒu wū Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root 根底 gēn dǐ foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause syn 白芍 bái sháo root of herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora), used in TCM 词根 詞根 cí gēn (linguistics) root 须根 須根 xū gēn fibrous root 舌根 shé gēn back of tongue / tongue root / dorsal 白头翁 白頭翁 bái tóu wēng root of Chinese pulsatilla / Chinese bulbul 丹皮 dān pí the root bark of the peony tree 根由 gēn yóu the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause syn 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 刺五加 cì wǔ jiā manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM 牛膝 niú xī Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine) 除暴安良 chú bào ān liáng to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn 玄参 玄參 xuán shēn Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis) / root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM) syn 