to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor; (fig.) to get beaten up badly; to beat the crap out of (sb)
trad. 滿地找牙
Also written 滿地找牙【mǎn dì zhǎo yá】
Characters in this word
4满
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Manchu ethnic group
- Pinyin
- Mǎn
- Traditional
- 滿
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 3876 of 2500
地
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-ly, structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- Pinyin
- de
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 271 of 2500
找
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to try to find, to look for, to call on sb, to find, to seek, to return, to give change
- Pinyin
- zhǎo
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 107 of 2500
牙
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tooth, ivory, CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- Pinyin
- yá
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 6028 of 2500