犬牙相错 quǎnyáxiāngcuò interlocking Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 犬牙 quǎnyá interlocking Used metaphorically to describe terrain or borders that are jagged and interlocking like a dog's teeth (as in 犬牙交错 quǎnyájiāocuò)相 xiāng adverb mutually each other; one another; mutually错 錯 cuò adjective to interlock to be interlocked; to alternate; to be complex or crisscrossed