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咬定牙根
yǎo​dìng​yá​gēn

to grit one's teeth

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 咬定 yǎo​dìng
    to insist
    to assert emphatically; to stick to one's word or story and refuse to change it
  2. 牙根 yá​gēn
    tooth root
    The part of a tooth that is embedded in the socket of the jawbone.