(idiom) (of a woman) having fair, flawless skin and a graceful, refined beauty
1. bitter hatred2. hatred that cuts to the bone
deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
(idiom) to become emaciated from grief, esp. while mourning the death of a parent
dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
bone chilling wind (idiom)
as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship
1. feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom)2. deep friendship
1. to criticize behind sb's back2. back-biting
gentle feelings and chivalrous disposition (idiom)
1. to have one's hair stand on end (idiom)2. to feel one's blood run cold
1. lit. the dead returning to life2. a miracle (idiom)
(anatomy) thyroid cartilage
(idiom) emaciated; scrawny
1. to be all skin and bones (idiom)2. also written 皮包骨[pí bāo gǔ]
erhua variant of 节骨眼[jiē gu yǎn]
one's own flesh and blood
1. cartilaginous fishes2. Chondrichthyes (taxonomic class including sharks and rays)
1. engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives2. undying gratitude
etched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
etched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
(idiom) (of character) staunch; unyielding
1. domino effect2. ripple effect
close kindred slaughter one another (idiom); internecine strife
1. skeleton2. skinny person3. a mere skeleton
(medicine) bone marrow transplant
lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
1. fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly2. sth on one's mind
吃人不吐骨头 吃人不吐骨頭 chī rén bù tǔ gǔ tóu 1. ruthless2. vicious and greedy
see 铁骨铮铮[tiě gǔ zhēng zhēng]
1. to debone2. (of meat or fish) boneless
(physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
1. coccyx2. tailbone at end of spine
1. bone formation2. osteogenesis
bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)
stapes or stirrup bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration to the inner ear
1. bone structure and physiognomy2. the strength observed in brushstrokes (Chinese calligraphy)
1. bones and ashes2. remains (after Buddhist cremation)
1. bone fracture2. (of a bone) to fracture