WordTaiwan frequency #19,452
咬牙切齒
ㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄑㄧㄝˋ ㄔˇ
“gnashing one's teeth in intense anger or hatred”
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咬
ㄧㄠˇ
To bite or nip with teeth; to clamp or grip with a tool; to slander or implicate; to enunciate or pronounce words; skin irritation from contact with plants or chemicals.
牙
ㄧㄚˊ
Tooth; ivory; a middleman in a transaction; an official office; to bite.
切
ㄑㄧㄝ
to cut; to slice; to carve; to mince; to buy wholesale from a supplier; (geometry) tangential; (sports) to drive or slice a ball
齒
ㄔˇ
Tooth or teeth; gear or cog; age; to rank or mention; to speak or discuss.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 一切ㄧ ㄑㄧㄝeverything; all; the whole; entirely; without exception.
- 密切ㄇㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄝclose; intimate; familiar; closely related; to pay close attention; careful; thorough
- 西班牙ㄒㄧ ㄅㄢ ㄧㄚˊSpain; a country in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
- 關切ㄍㄨㄢ ㄑㄧㄝto be deeply concerned about; to care about; to pay close attention to
- 親切ㄑㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄝamiable; cordial; warm and friendly; close and familiar; (in Taiwan) careful, precise, or thorough
- 牙齒ㄧㄚˊ ㄔˇtooth; dental; hard structures in the jaws used for biting and chewing.
- 切割ㄑㄧㄝ ㄍㄜto cut; to divide or separate something by cutting; to segment or split into parts
- 確切ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄑㄧㄝdefinite; exact; precise; used to stress that something is clearly and accurately stated.
- 迫切ㄆㄛˋ ㄑㄧㄝurgent; pressing; requiring immediate attention or action
- 切除ㄑㄧㄝ ㄔㄨˊto cut out or away; to excise; to surgically remove (a tumor, organ, or diseased tissue)
- 切入ㄑㄧㄝ ㄖㄨˋto cut into; to penetrate deeply into a topic or area; (sports) to break through a defense; (film) to cut to another scene
- 切斷ㄑㄧㄝ ㄉㄨㄢˋto cut off; to sever; to disconnect; to interrupt a supply or connection; to slice or cut through something