咬緊牙關 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 咬紧牙关 yǎojǐnyáguān ㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄚˊ ㄍㄨㄢ to grit one's teeth tightly idiom (fig.) to endure pain or suffering to bite the bullet idiom Character by character 咬(yǎo)bite 緊(jǐn)tight 牙(yá)tooth 關(guān)surname Guan A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0