张牙舞爪 — Chinese idiom
张牙舞爪
zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo
Traditional: 張牙舞爪
Meaning
- to bare fangs and brandish claws ; to make threatening gestures
Character by character
- 张zhāngto display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a shee
- 牙yátooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
- 舞wǔto dance; to brandish
- 爪zhǎoclaws, nails, talons
Idioms sharing a character
- 做张做势 zuò zhāng zuò shì
- 做张做智 zuò zhāng zuò zhì
- 剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
- 嚣张气焰 xiāo zhāng qì yàn
- 大张挞伐 dà zhāng tà fá
- 大张旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ
- 大张声势 dà zhāng shēng shì
- 张三李四 Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì
- 张冠李戴 Zhāng guān Lǐ dài
- 张口结舌 zhāng kǒu jié shé
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