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Trad. 換牙
- to grow replacement teeth (zoology)
- to grow permanent teeth in place of milk teeth
Trad. 暫牙
- deciduous tooth
- milk tooth
- baby tooth
- also written 乳齒|乳齿[ru3 chi3]
Trad. 紅牙
- clappers (musical instrument used to mark the time, made from ivory or hardwood and painted red)
- (dentistry) to perform or undergo scaling (removal of dental plaque and calculus)
Trad. 潔牙
- (dentistry) to perform or undergo scaling (removal of dental plaque and calculus)
Trad. 牙帳
- tent of the commanding officer
- tent capital of a nomadic people
- mouthguard
- occlusal splint
- dental impression tray
- orthodontic plate
- denture base
- denture
- emperor's or general's banner erected on an ivory-tipped pole at a military camp or headquarters (in ancient times)
Trad. 擠牙膏
- lit. to squeeze out toothpaste
- fig. to extract a confession under pressure
- Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
- to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month)
Trad. 聖地牙哥
- (Tw) San Diego, California
- Santiago, capital of Chile
Trad. 伶牙俐齒
- clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent
- having the gift of the gab
Trad. 張牙舞爪
- to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
Trad. 以牙還牙
- a tooth for a tooth (retaliation)
Trad. 齜牙咧嘴
- to grimace (in pain)
- to show one's teeth
- to bare one's fangs
- to grimace (in pain)
- to show one's teeth
- to bare one's fangs
- to laugh one's head off
- ridiculous
- jaw-dropping
Trad. 鐵齒銅牙
- clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
- Yakeshi, a county-level city in Hulunbuir City 呼倫貝爾市|呼伦贝尔市[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
Trad. 滿地找牙
- to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor
- (fig.) to get beaten up badly
- to beat the crap out of (sb)
- Port-of-Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago
Trad. 咬定牙關
- see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yao3 jin3 ya2 guan1]
Trad. 咬牙切齒
- (idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage
Trad. 咬緊牙根
- see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yao3 jin3 ya2 guan1]
Trad. 咬緊牙關
- (idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly
- (idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
- to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own
- to parrot
Trad. 牙買加胡椒
- Jamaican pepper; allspice (Pimenta dioica)
Trad. 牙齒矯正器
- orthodontic braces
Trad. 喝涼水都塞牙
- (coll.) to be out of luck
Trad. 狗嘴裏吐不出象牙
- lit. no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
- fig. one does not expect fine words from a scoundrel
Trad. 以眼還眼，以牙還牙
- an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
- fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
- to give sb a taste of his own medicine
Trad. 打掉門牙，往肚子裡嚥
- lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)
- fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically