mó yá

磨牙 (mó yá) is a Chinese word meaning “to grind one's teeth (during sleep); pointless arguing; (coll.) molar”.

Meanings

  1. 1to grind one's teeth (during sleep)
  2. 2pointless arguing
  3. 3(coll.) molar

Characters in 磨牙

磨mó · to rub牙yá · tooth

Related words

折磨to torment; to torture牙tooth牙齿tooth西班牙Spain西班牙语Spanish language牙医dentist磨to rub磨grindstone琢磨to carve and polish (jade)琢磨to ponder刷牙to brush one's teeth牙刷toothbrush

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