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咬
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Definitions
- 1. to bite
- 2. to nip
Example Sentences
1 shown咬 了。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 咬
to commit suicide by biting off one's tongue
to nibble
tick-bite sickness
(of uneven surfaces) to fit together
(idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage
lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain
to assert
sting
to bite
(coll.) to whisper in sb's ear
to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another)
to arbitrarily assert
dog-eat-dog
see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yǎo jǐn yá guān]
(bird species of China) red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus)
once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
onychophagia (nail biting)
to clench one's teeth
to make a false countercharge
(of fish) to bite
bitten-lips look (darker lipstick applied on the inner part of the lips, and lighter on the outer part)
lit. the dog that bites doesn't show its teeth (idiom)
(idiom) unwilling to let go
Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知節|程知节[chéng zhī jié], Chinese general of the Tang dynasty
bite scar
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 chew
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
whispering in sb's ear
lit. Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying)
a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom)
to pronounce (clearly or otherwise)
bite (e.g. snake bite, mosquito bite)
gnaw
(bird species of China) orange-breasted trogon (Harpactes oreskios)
see 刈包[guà bāo]
(bird species of China) Ward's trogon (Harpactes wardi)
to gnaw
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]