牙齿 牙齒 yá chǐ tooth / dental / CL:顆|颗[ke1] syn 义 義 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn 腐败 腐敗 fǔ bài corruption / to corrupt / to rot / rotten syn 腐朽 fǔ xiǔ rotten / decayed / decadent / degenerate syn 馊主意 餿主意 sōu zhǔ yi rotten idea syn 门牙 門牙 mén yá front tooth / incisor syn 厮杀 廝殺 sī shā to fight at close quarters / to fight tooth and nail 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 乳牙 rǔ yá deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth 腐臭 fǔ chòu rotten (smell) / stinking / putrid 犬齿 犬齒 quǎn chǐ canine tooth syn 智齿 智齒 zhì chǐ wisdom tooth syn 朽木 xiǔ mù rotten wood syn 拔牙 bá yá to extract a tooth 糜烂 糜爛 mí làn dissipated / rotten / decaying syn 牙根 yá gēn root of tooth 义齿 義齒 yì chǐ artificial tooth 尖牙 jiān yá canine tooth / fang / tusk 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) 霉气 霉氣 méi qì a moldy smell / damp and rotten / fig. rotten bad luck 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 牙 yá tooth / ivory / CL:顆|颗[ke1] syn 齿 齒 chǐ tooth / CL:顆|颗[ke1] syn 以牙还牙 以牙還牙 yǐ yá huán yá a tooth for a tooth (retaliation) syn 腐 fǔ decay / rotten syn 朽 xiǔ rotten syn 臼齿 臼齒 jiù chǐ molar tooth syn 糜 mí rice gruel / rotten / to waste (money) syn 补牙 補牙 bǔ yá to fill a tooth (cavity) / to have a tooth filled / a dental filling 镶牙 鑲牙 xiāng yá to have a false tooth set in / denture 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) 乳齿 乳齒 rǔ chǐ deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth syn 虎牙 hǔ yá (coll.) eye tooth (maxillary canine tooth) syn 齿冠 齒冠 chǐ guān crown of tooth 齿根 齒根 chǐ gēn root of tooth 恒牙 恆牙 héng yá permanent tooth (as opposed to deciduous tooth 乳牙) / adult tooth 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) 牙冠 yá guān crown of a tooth / (dental) crown 牙髓 yá suǐ tooth pulp 胔 zì rotten meat / bones of dead animal 暂牙 暫牙 zàn yá deciduous tooth / milk tooth / baby tooth / also written 乳齒|乳齿[ru3 chi3] 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 轮齿 輪齒 lún chǐ tooth of cog wheel / gear tooth 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 龋蠹 齲蠹 qǔ dù rotten teeth 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 智慧齿 智慧齒 zhì huì chǐ wisdom tooth 牙釉质 牙釉質 yá yòu zhì tooth enamel 磨齿 磨齒 mó chǐ molar 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 