(idiom) to make a pained or menacing facial expression; to grimace; to snarl
trad. 齜牙咧嘴
Also written 齜牙咧嘴【zī yá liě zuǐ】
Characters in this word
4龇
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to bare (one's teeth)
- Pinyin
- zī
- Traditional
- 齜
- Strokes
- 14
牙
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tooth, ivory, CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- Pinyin
- yá
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 6028 of 2500
咧
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used in 咧咧[lie1 lie1], used in 大大咧咧[da4 da4 lie1 lie1], used in 罵罵咧咧|骂骂咧咧[ma4 ma5 lie1 lie1]
- Pinyin
- liē
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5721 of 2500
嘴
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mouth, beak, nozzle, spout (of teapot etc), CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- zuǐ
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 1664 of 2500