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咬牙

yǎo yá

C1–C2 Level 7

咬牙 (yǎo yá) is a Chinese word meaning “to clench one's teeth”. It sits at TOCFL Level 7 (CEFR C1–C2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to clench one's teeth
  2. to grind the teeth
  3. gnaw

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Related words at this level

搖曳舀咬定咬緊牙關咬牙切齒夭折藥廠要犯

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).