龇牙咧嘴 — Chinese idiom
龇牙咧嘴
zī yá liě zuǐ
Traditional: 齜牙咧嘴
Meaning
- to make a pained or menacing facial expression; to grimace; to snarl
Character by character
- 龇zīto bare one's teeth; crooked teeth
- 牙yátooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
- 咧liěto grimace, to grin
- 嘴zuǐmouth, lips
Idioms sharing a character
- 伶牙俐齿 líng yá lì chǐ
- 咬牙切齿 yǎo yá qiè chǐ
- 咬紧牙关 yǎo jǐn yá guān
- 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
- 大大咧咧 dà dà liē liē
- 嘴快心直 zuǐ kuài xīn zhí
- 嘴甜心苦 zuǐ tián xīn kǔ
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