挤牙膏
jǐ yá gāo
Pinyin

Definition

挤牙膏
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jǐ yá gāo
  1. lit. to squeeze out toothpaste
  2. fig. to extract a confession under pressure

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刷牙
shuā yá
  1. 1 to brush one's teeth
牙
yá
  1. 1 tooth
  2. 2 ivory
  3. 3 CL:顆|颗[kē]
牙膏
yá gāo
  1. 1 toothpaste
  2. 2 CL:管[guǎn]
牙齿
yá chǐ
  1. 1 tooth
  2. 2 dental
  3. 3 CL:顆|颗[kē]
西班牙
Xī bān yá
  1. 1 Spain
乳牙
rǔ yá
  1. 1 deciduous tooth
  2. 2 milk tooth
  3. 3 baby tooth
伶牙俐齿
líng yá lì chǐ
  1. 1 clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent
  2. 2 having the gift of the gab
假牙
jiǎ yá
  1. 1 false teeth
  2. 2 dentures
匈牙利
Xiōng yá lì
  1. 1 Hungary
咬牙
yǎo yá
  1. 1 to clench one's teeth
  2. 2 to grind the teeth
  3. 3 gnaw
咬牙切齿
yǎo yá qiè chǐ
  1. 1 gnashing one's teeth (idiom); displaying extreme anger
  2. 2 fuming with rage between gritted teeth
唇膏
chún gāo
  1. 1 lip balm
  2. 2 lipstick
尾牙
wěi yá
  1. 1 a year-end dinner for employees
张牙舞爪
zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo
  1. 1 to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
拔牙
bá yá
  1. 1 to extract a tooth
月牙
yuè yá
  1. 1 crescent moon
毒牙
dú yá
  1. 1 venomous fang
洗牙
xǐ yá
  1. 1 scaling and polishing (dentistry)
牙刷
yá shuā
  1. 1 toothbrush
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
牙套
yá tào
  1. 1 orthodontic brace
  2. 2 (dental) crown

Idioms (13)

以眼还眼，以牙还牙
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá
  1. 1 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  3. 3 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
伶牙俐齿
líng yá lì chǐ
  1. 1 clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent
  2. 2 having the gift of the gab
咬牙切齿
yǎo yá qiè chǐ
  1. 1 gnashing one's teeth (idiom); displaying extreme anger
  2. 2 fuming with rage between gritted teeth
咬紧牙关
yǎo jǐn yá guān
  1. 1 lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain
  2. 2 to bite the bullet
张牙舞爪
zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo
  1. 1 to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
拾人牙慧
shí rén yá huì
  1. 1 to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own
  2. 2 to parrot
民脂民膏
mín zhī mín gāo
  1. 1 lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation)
  2. 2 the people's blood, sweat and tears
泉石膏肓
quán shí gāo huāng
  1. 1 lit. mountain springs and rocks in one's heart (idiom); a deep love of mountain scenery
焚膏继晷
fén gāo jì guǐ
  1. 1 to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
  1. 1 no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
  2. 2 no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
病入膏肓
bìng rù gāo huāng
  1. 1 lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure
  2. 2 the situation is hopeless
铁齿铜牙
tiě chǐ tóng yá
  1. 1 clever and eloquent speaker (idiom)
青面獠牙
qīng miàn liáo yá
  1. 1 ferocious-looking (idiom)

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