咬紧牙关 — Chinese idiom
咬紧牙关
yǎo jǐn yá guān
Traditional: 咬緊牙關
Meaning
- to grit one's teeth tightly
- (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
Character by character
- 咬yǎoto bite, to gnaw
- 紧jǐntense, tight, taut; firm, secure
- 牙yátooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
- 关guānfrontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
Idioms sharing a character
- 咬文嚼字 yǎo wén jiáo zì
- 咬牙切齿 yǎo yá qiè chǐ
- 紧咬不放 jǐn yǎo bù fàng
- 不紧不慢 bù jǐn bù màn
- 紧要关头 jǐn yào guān tóu
- 紧锣密鼓 jǐn luó mì gǔ
- 紧随其后 jǐn suí qí hòu
- 伶牙俐齿 líng yá lì chǐ
- 张牙舞爪 zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo
- 拾人牙慧 shí rén yá huì
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