磨牙 móyá to grind one's teeth Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 磨牙 mó//yá to grind one's teeth verb + noun To grind the upper and lower teeth together, especially during sleep. 有些人为什么会在睡梦中磨牙？ yǒuxiē rén wèishénme huì zài shuìmèng zhōng mó yá? Why do some people grind their teeth in their sleep? to argue pointlessly To bicker or argue over trifles or to waste one's breath molar A molar tooth located at the back of the mouth used for grinding food. to chat To engage in idle gossip or talk about unimportant things Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 0.920 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.45 per million Cross-References Same as 磨嘴 mózuǐ磨嘴皮子 mózuǐpízi臼齿 jiùchǐ槽牙 cáoyá大牙 dàyáHas variant 磨嘴皮 mózuǐpí Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
磨牙 mó//yá to grind one's teeth verb + noun To grind the upper and lower teeth together, especially during sleep. 有些人为什么会在睡梦中磨牙？ yǒuxiē rén wèishénme huì zài shuìmèng zhōng mó yá? Why do some people grind their teeth in their sleep? to argue pointlessly To bicker or argue over trifles or to waste one's breath molar A molar tooth located at the back of the mouth used for grinding food. to chat To engage in idle gossip or talk about unimportant things Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 0.920 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 1.45 per million Cross-References Same as 磨嘴 mózuǐ磨嘴皮子 mózuǐpízi臼齿 jiùchǐ槽牙 cáoyá大牙 dàyáHas variant 磨嘴皮 mózuǐpí Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
