切齒

切齿
qièchǐ
to gnash one's teeth (in anger)

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to gnash one's teeth (in frustration)
  2. to gnash one's teeth (in frustration)

Wiktionary

咬緊牙齒，牙齒相摩擦。形容十分痛恨。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 切 qiè
  1. definitely; absolutely (not)
  2. (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!
  3. to grind
  4. (bound form) close to
  5. (bound form) eager
  6. to correspond to
  7. (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 fǎnqiè system should be applied to the previous two characters)
2 齒 chǐ tooth

classifier: 顆

Containing this entry

切齒腐心 qièchǐfǔxīn to detest sth or sb to the utmost extreme (idiom)
咬牙切齒 yǎoyáqièchǐ (idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage
怒目切齒 nùmùqièchǐ to gnash one's teeth in anger