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咬牙

grit teeth

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

yao3ya2 • yǎoyá

Meaning

Primary

grit teeth

Alternatives

grit your teeth, grit one's teeth

Mnemonic

When you 咬牙 grit your teeth, you 咬 bite your 牙 teeth tight to the point where they grind together.

Usage

我們 要 咬牙 向前。

We need to grit our teeth and move forward.

你 不要 咬牙！

Don't grit your teeth!