Bite the bullet.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
咬紧牙关
(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly
02
(idiom) (fig.) to endure pain or suffering; to bite the bullet
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 咬紧牙关 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 咬紧牙关 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Tom gritted his teeth.
Grit your teeth and bear it!
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 咬紧牙关.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 咬紧牙关.
Directly before
- 曾经咬紧牙关1
- 汤姆咬紧牙关1
Directly after
- 咬紧牙关撑过去1
- 咬紧牙关坚持到底1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 咬紧牙关
What does 咬紧牙关 mean in Chinese?
咬紧牙关 (yǎojǐnyáguān) means (idiom) to grit one's teeth tightly.
How do you pronounce 咬紧牙关?
咬紧牙关 is pronounced yǎojǐnyáguān.
Is 咬紧牙关 an HSK word?
咬紧牙关 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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