咬牙切齿 — Chinese idiom
咬牙切齿
yǎo yá qiè chǐ
Traditional: 咬牙切齒
Meaning
- to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage
Character by character
- 咬yǎoto bite, to gnaw
- 牙yátooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
- 切qièto cut, to mince, to slice, to carve; close to; ea
- 齿chǐteeth; gears, cogs; age
Idioms sharing a character
- 咬文嚼字 yǎo wén jiáo zì
- 咬紧牙关 yǎo jǐn yá guān
- 紧咬不放 jǐn yǎo bù fàng
- 伶牙俐齿 líng yá lì chǐ
- 张牙舞爪 zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo
- 拾人牙慧 shí rén yá huì
- 铁齿铜牙 tiě chǐ tóng yá
- 青面獠牙 qīng miàn liáo yá
- 龇牙咧嘴 zī yá liě zuǐ
- 一切就绪 yī qiè jiù xù
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