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龇牙咧嘴

zī yá liě zuǐ

4-character word Traditional 齜牙咧嘴

What 龇牙咧嘴 means

1. to grimace (in pain)
2. to show one's teeth
3. to bare one's fangs

The characters in 龇牙咧嘴

• 龇zīto bare (one's teeth)
• 牙yátooth; ivory
• 咧liēused in 咧咧; used in 大大咧咧; used in 骂骂咧咧
• 嘴zuǐmouth; beak; nozzle

Sounds the same

Read zī yá liě zuǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 呲牙咧嘴variant of 龇牙咧嘴