张牙舞爪
Traditional form:
張牙舞爪
Pinyin (reading):
zhāngyáwǔzhǎo
Definitions:
- to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
Characters:
- 张 - to display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a sheet of paper
- 牙 - tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated
- 舞 - to dance; to brandish
- 爪 - claws, nails, talons
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