Chinese word dictionary

青面獠牙

qīng miàn liáo yá · ferocious-looking (idiom)

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Simplified青面獠牙

Traditional青面獠牙

Pinyinqīng miàn liáo yá

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

青qīng

nature's color; blue, green, black; young

面miàn

face; surface, side; plane, dimension

獠liáo

to hunt at night with torches

牙yá

tooth, molar; fang, tusk; serrated

How to learn 青面獠牙

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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面包miànbāo

bread; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4]

面条儿miàntiáor

erhua variant of 麵條|面条[mian4 tiao2]

后面hòumiàn

the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards

里面lǐmiàn

inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]; variant of 裡面|里面[li3 mian4]

面miàn

face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc; flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless; variant of 麵|面[mian4]

前面qiánmiàn

ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qian2 mian5]