咬紧牙关
Traditional form:
咬緊牙關
Pinyin (reading):
yǎojǐnyáguān
Definitions:
- lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain
- to bite the bullet
Characters:
- 咬 - to bite, to gnaw
- 紧 - tense, tight, taut; firm, secure
- 牙 - tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
- 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
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