| 咬牙切齿 | yǎo yá qiè chǐ | gnashing one's teeth (idiom); displaying extreme anger; fuming with rage between gritted teeth | |
| 咬紧牙关 | yǎo jǐn yá guān | lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain; to bite the bullet | |
| 咬定 | yǎo dìng | to assert; to insist that | |
| 咬文嚼字 | yǎo wén jiáo zì | to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording | |
| 叮咬 | dīng yǎo | sting; bite (of insect) |
| 1 | He nibbled away the apple peel, then ate the flesh. | |
| 2 | The fish hits the hook at one swoop. | |
| 3 | I wanted to bark at him and bite his head off. | |
| 4 | He took the apple and bit down. | |
| 5 | You only live once, you only get one bite at the apple, I suggest you go after your dreams. |
