Entry
打dǎ掉diào门mén牙yá，,往wǎng肚dù子zi里lǐ咽yàn

  1. lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom); fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically

    trad. 打掉門牙，往肚子裡嚥

Also written 打掉門牙，往肚子裡嚥【dǎ diào mén yá , wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn】

Characters in this word

9
掉
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to fall, to drop, to lag behind, to lose, to go missing, to reduce, fall (in prices), to lose (value, weight etc), to wag, to swing, to turn, to change, to exchange, to swap, to show off, to shed (hair), (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)

Pinyin
diào
Strokes
11
Frequency
625 of 2500
Words starting with 掉Words ending in 掉Anywhere in a word
子
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son, child, seed, egg, small thing, 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat, viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north), subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

Pinyin
zǐ
Strokes
3
Frequency
2170 of 2500
Words starting with 子Words ending in 子Anywhere in a word