怒目咬牙

Chinese

		angrily; with angry eyes; glaring eyes angrily; with angry eyes; glaring eyes; fierce stare	to grit one's teeth; to gnash one's teeth; to grind one's teeth
trad. (怒目咬牙)		怒目	咬牙
simp. #(怒目咬牙)		怒目	咬牙

Etymology

Literally: glaring eyes and clenched teeth

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nùmù yǎoyá

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nùmù yǎoyá
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nùmù yǎoyá
    • Wade–Giles: nu⁴-mu⁴ yao³-ya²
    • Yale: nù-mù yǎu-yá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuhmuh yeauya
    • Palladius: нуму яоя (numu jaoja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä³⁵/

Idiom

怒目咬牙

1. extremely angry; enraged