牙膏
yá gāo
Pinyin

Definition

牙膏
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yá gāo
  1. toothpaste
  2. CL:管[guǎn]

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)

Sample Sentences

骄杰喜欢薄荷口味。她说是牙膏口味。
Jiāojié xǐhuan bòhe kǒuwèi 。tā shuō shì yágāo kǒuwèi 。
Jiao Jie likes mint flavor. She says it's a toothpaste flavor.
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还要牙刷和牙膏。
hái yào yáshuā hé yágāo 。
I'd also like a toothbrush and toothpaste.
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也挺像一支牙膏的，太滑稽了！
yě tǐng xiàng yī zhī yágāo de ，tài huáji le ！
It also looks quite like a tube of toothpaste. What a riot!
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不管是开瓶器也好，军刀、牙膏也好，总之这些争议也大大地提升了这栋楼的人气。就像北京的央视大楼，奥运会的鸟巢和水立方，大家越争，它们越火。
bùguǎn shì kāipíngqì yěhǎo ，jūndāo 、yágāo yěhǎo ，zǒngzhī zhèxiē zhēngyì yě dàdà de tíshēng le zhè dòng lóu de rénqì 。jiù xiàng Běijīng de Yāngshìdàlóu ，Àoyùnhuì de Niǎocháo hé Shuǐlìfāng ，dàjiā yuè zhēng ，tāmen yuè huǒ 。
Regardless of whether or not it looks like a bottle opener, a saber, or toothpaste, these kinds of arguments actually help make people more aware of these buildings. Like Beijing's CCTV building, the Olympic Bird's Nest, and the Water Cube. The more people talk about them, the more popular they become.
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我觉得像牙齿，也像牙膏。
wǒ juéde xiàng yáchǐ ，yě xiàng yágāo 。
I think it looks like a tooth. It also looks like toothpaste.
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