Chinese idioms like 「鬥牙拌齒」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.
The idiom 「鬥牙拌齒」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.
It means quarreling with words. To tease with joking words. Dou, the same as “dou”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dòu yá bàn chǐ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
dau3 nga4 bun6 chi2
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