紧咬不放 — Chinese idiom
紧咬不放
jǐn yǎo bù fàng
Traditional: 緊咬不放
Meaning
- unwilling to let go
- like a dog with a bone
- dogged
Character by character
- 紧jǐntense, tight, taut; firm, secure
- 咬yǎoto bite, to gnaw
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 放fàngto release, to liberate, to free
Idioms sharing a character
- 不紧不慢 bù jǐn bù màn
- 咬紧牙关 yǎo jǐn yá guān
- 紧要关头 jǐn yào guān tóu
- 紧锣密鼓 jǐn luó mì gǔ
- 紧随其后 jǐn suí qí hòu
- 咬文嚼字 yǎo wén jiáo zì
- 咬牙切齿 yǎo yá qiè chǐ
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
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