zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo

Traditional: 張牙舞爪

张牙舞爪 (zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures”.

Meanings

  1. 1to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures

Characters in 张牙舞爪

张zhāng · to open up牙yá · tooth舞wǔ · to dance爪zhǎo · foot of a bird or animal

Related words

张to open up张surname Zhang舞to dance紧张nervous跳舞to dance舞蹈dance (performance art)舞台(lit. and fig.) stage; arena舞会dance牙tooth牙齿tooth西班牙Spain西班牙语Spanish language

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