Results for “咬”

to bite / to nip

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(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly / (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering / to bite the bullet

to clench one's teeth / to grind the teeth / gnaw

(idiom) to gnash one's teeth / to fume with rage

lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom) / fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.

lit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom) / fig. the most sinister of people can look quite harmless

bite (e.g. snake bite, mosquito bite)

(of uneven surfaces) to fit together / (of gear wheels) to mesh / (dentistry) occlusion / bite

bitten-lips look (darker lipstick applied on the inner part of the lips, and lighter on the outer part)

to gnaw

to chew / to masticate / to ruminate / to mull over

to pronounce (clearly or otherwise) / to enunciate

to insist / to maintain that ...

see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yǎo jǐn yá guān]

see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yǎo jǐn yá guān]

to bite words and chew characters (idiom) / punctilious about minutiae of wording

onychophagia (nail biting)

bite scar

see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yǎo jǐn yá guān]

(coll.) to whisper in sb's ear

to commit suicide by biting off one's tongue

whispering in sb's ear

(of fish) to bite / to take the bait

variant of 咬嚙|咬啮[yǎo niè] / to gnaw

to arbitrarily assert / to allege / to stick to one's statement / to cling to one's view

see 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩|一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳[yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng]

(lit.) once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / (fig.) once bitten, twice shy

lit. Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying) / fig. sb shows up unexpectedly and disrupts the plan / sb whose presence is regarded as irksome

see 半路殺出個程咬金|半路杀出个程咬金[bàn lù shā chū gè Chéng Yǎo jīn]

to make a false countercharge

(of a mosquito etc) to bite

to bite

to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)

(bird species of China) orange-breasted trogon (Harpactes oreskios)

a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom) / to ill reward a person's kindness

dog-eat-dog / dogfight

(bird species of China) Ward's trogon (Harpactes wardi)

(bird species of China) red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus)

(idiom) unwilling to let go / like a dog with a bone / dogged