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咬斷了 to bite off;
咬不動 (food) too tough to bite;
蟲咬 bitten by insect;
咬菜根 to live on bare subsistence.
(2) To persist in accusing person at court: 咬定是他 accused him definitely;
賊咬一口 the thief accuses s.o. as accomplice;
一口咬定 to accuse definitely.
(3) To bark: 聽見狗直咬 heard dog barking incessantly.
(4) To gnash teeth: 咬牙 [yao3ya2]↓;
咬緊牙根 keep a stiff upper lip.
2.咬春 [yao3chun1], v.i., (Peiking dial.) formerly, a custom of eating turnip raw on 立春 (arrival of Spring); 立春 see Appendix B.
3.咬
（兒） [yao3qUn2] ([yao3qUe2er0]), v.i., “bite the herd”－create trouble inside group. 4.咬耳
[yao2er3duo0], v.i., “bite the ear”－whisper. 5.咬筋 [yao3jin1], n., maxillary muscle.
6.咬破 [yao3po4], v.i., bite open, bite to pieces.
7.咬舌兒 [yao3she2er0], v.i., to lisp, talk with unclear consonants, also 咬舌子.
8.咬手 [yao2shou3], v.i., to have chilblains.
9.咬字兒 [yao3ze4er0], v.i., (Chin. opera) training in enunciation, particularly difference between ch and ts.
10.咬文 [yao3wen2], phr., 咬文嚼字 or 咂字, to “chew words”－overfastidious and oft. too literal interpretation of words.
11.咬牙 [yao3ya2], v.i., (1) pay too much attention to details, too dogmatic or insistent; (2) to grind one's teeth in sleep: 咬牙切齒 to gnash teeth in hatred.