龇牙咧嘴 — Chinese idiom

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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