zī yá liě zuǐ

Traditional: 齜牙咧嘴

龇牙咧嘴 (zī yá liě zuǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to grimace (in pain); to show one's teeth; to bare one's fangs”.

Meanings

  1. 1to grimace (in pain)
  2. 2to show one's teeth
  3. 3to bare one's fangs

Characters in 龇牙咧嘴

龇zī · projecting teeth牙yá · tooth咧liē · used in 咧咧[lie1 lie1]嘴zuǐ · mouth

Related words

嘴mouth牙tooth牙齿tooth嘴里mouth西班牙Spain西班牙语Spanish language嘴巴mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1])嘴唇lip住嘴to hold one's tongue牙医dentist刷牙to brush one's teeth满嘴a full mouth of (sth physical)

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