腐败 腐敗 fǔ bài corruption / to corrupt / to rot / rotten syn 刷牙 shuā yá to brush one's teeth 假牙 jiǎ yá false teeth / dentures 腐朽 fǔ xiǔ rotten / decayed / decadent / degenerate 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 馊主意 餿主意 sōu zhǔ yi rotten idea 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 害群之马 害群之馬 hài qún zhī mǎ lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom) / fig. troublemaker / black sheep / rotten apple syn 牙缝 牙縫 yá fèng gap between teeth 腐臭 fǔ chòu rotten (smell) / stinking / putrid 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 朽木 xiǔ mù rotten wood syn 糜烂 糜爛 mí làn dissipated / rotten / decaying 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 龋齿 齲齒 qǔ chǐ tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth 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) 撕咬 sī yǎo to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another) 蛀牙 zhù yá tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth 切齿 切齒 qiè chǐ to gnash one's teeth (in anger) 化腐朽为神奇 化腐朽為神奇 huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom) 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) 霉气 霉氣 méi qì a moldy smell / damp and rotten / fig. rotten bad luck 暴牙 bào yá buck teeth 糟 zāo dregs / draff / pickled in wine / rotten / messy / ruined syn 破 pò broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of syn 烂 爛 làn soft / mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot / to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic / messy / utterly / thoroughly / crappy / bad syn 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 腐 fǔ decay / rotten 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 朽 xiǔ rotten 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 糜 mí rice gruel / rotten / to waste (money) syn 换牙 換牙 huàn yá to grow replacement teeth (zoology) / to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth 虫牙 蟲牙 chóng yá tooth decay / dental caries / decayed tooth / rotten tooth syn 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 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 朽烂 朽爛 xiǔ làn rotten syn 前臼齿 前臼齒 qián jiù chǐ premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals) 胔 zì rotten meat / bones of dead animal 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 齿更 齒更 chǐ gēng dental transition (from milk teeth to adult teeth) 操蛋 cào dàn lousy / rotten 朽坏 朽壞 xiǔ huài rotten 枯朽 kū xiǔ withered and rotten 烂透 爛透 làn tòu rotten to the core 稾 gǎo variant of 槁 / dry / rotten (wood) 粘滑 nián huá slimy (of rotten food) / viscous / stick-slip (in mechanics) 肏蛋 cào dàn lousy / rotten 颓朽 頹朽 tuí xiǔ decaying / rotten / decrepit 朽木不可雕 xiǔ mù bù kě diāo lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom) / fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear 蜂巢冰 fēng cháo bīng rotten ice 餯 huì (of food) rotten and smelly 黏滑 nián huá slimy (of rotten food) / viscous / (mechanics) stick-slip 倒血霉 dǎo xuè méi to have rotten luck (stronger version of 倒霉[dao3 mei2]) 漏脯充饥 漏脯充飢 lòu fǔ - chōng jī lit. to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger (idiom) / fig. to disregard long-term consequences for short-term benefits / shortsighted 蝇营狗苟 蠅營狗苟 yíng yíng - gǒu gǒu lit. to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) / fig. to lead an undignified life / to resort to any means for personal gain 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 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 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 