to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
trad. 張牙舞爪
Also written 張牙舞爪【zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo】
Characters in this word
4张
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname Zhang
- Pinyin
- Zhāng
- Traditional
- 張
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1981 of 2500
牙
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
tooth, ivory, CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- Pinyin
- yá
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 6028 of 2500
舞
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to dance, to wield, to brandish
- Pinyin
- wǔ
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 3260 of 2500
爪
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
foot of a bird or animal, paw, claws, talons
- Pinyin
- zhǎo
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 18691 of 2500