Translation

• lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom)
• fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain
• to bite the bullet

Synonyms

• 下狠心, 了得, 决定, 决心, 决意, 决计, 厉害, 发狠, 发誓, 定弦, 狠心, 痛下决心, 矢志, 立志, 立意, 誓, 铁心, 锐意

Examples

• 在一连串可怕的事件中， 哥伦布曾经咬紧牙关撑过去。
  In a horrifying chain of events, Christopher Columbus once bit his own lip.