articulate; pronounce; be nitpicking on words

incriminate; implicate; accuse

bite; gnaw; snap at

(verb) 1. accuse; 2. pronounce (on words); 3. to secretly ear whisper to others "咬耳仔"

to be pushy (overly assertive/impatient)

secret talk (lit., "to bite ears"): to talk about something quietly and secretively by whispering into each other's ears

the act of someone sharing a secret with another, with such a soft tone that they have to literally talk into each others' ears to be able to hear what it being said; literally 'biting ears'

mesh

to describe when two people or more hold different opinions or argue a lot

Lit: dogs bite dogs' bone

dog eat dog; brother and sister quarrel.

(slang) internal argument and fighting within a group such as siblings; "dog-eat-dog"

(Note: Other variants are 唔聲狗咬死人 and 冇聲狗咬死人, but they are far less common and might simply be mistaken substitutions of the 無 character.)

A silent dog will bite you to death. This is a twist on "barking dogs never bite" in that people who do not show their intentions can sometimes be far more crafty or dangerous than those who are open.

(Cantonese analogy- figurative meaning) a soundless dog will bite someone to death

to pay excessive attention to wording.

(lit. to bite into the literature and chew over the characters)

to bite to death; gnaw

to describe someone who is unable to tell good from bad and ill rewards someone's kindness

to smoke a pipe [colloquial]

to bite off; to bite away [written]

to eat [colloquial]

to smoke weed [colloquial]

to eat [colloquial]

to be a ponce; to be a man who lives off a woman [colloquial]

go piss off! [colloquial]

greedy; describes someone who is difficult to satisfy [colloquial]

dog-eat-dog, a quarrel between peers | [粵]: 鬼打鬼, 狗咬狗骨

enunciate; articulate; pronounce; vocalize

enunciate

live on one's pension (after retirement from government job); be a pensioner

to live on a retirement service pension after retiring from a government position

not give up an argument

catbite fever (pasteurellosis)

grit one's teeth

硬着頭皮, 硬食, 硬哽, 死頂

bite the bullet; endure with dogged will

to fight and bite each other

tough

having no chance of winning against someone, often used to describe a lawsuit