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bone / CL: , 塊|块 / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5]
HSK 4
to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture
HSK 7-9
diaphysis (long segment of a bone) / fig. backbone
HSK 7-9
piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold)
HSK 7-9
unyielding character / courageous spirit / integrity / moral backbone
HSK 7-9
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  *骨* | 骨* | *骨
bone
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  *节* | 节* | *节
framework / skeleton
muscles and bones / physique / strength / courage
bones / skeleton
oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
pork chop / pork cutlet / spare ribs / (coll.) skinny person
collarbone / clavicle
cartilage
osteoma (benign tumor composed of bone-like material)
rib
bone ash / cremation ashes; cremains
femur
orthopedics / orthopedic surgery
fish bone
bones of the dead
frontal bone (forehead)
White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记) / (fig.) sly and cunning person
strength of character / vigorous style (of calligraphy)
sternum / breastbone
(physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
skull (of a dead body)
skeleton / skeletal remains
tibia; shinbone
tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones
ischium
lofty and unyielding character
ossicles (in the middle ear) / also written 聽小骨|听小骨
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  *枸* | 枸* | *枸
used in 枸骨 / used in 枸杞
bone fracture / (of a bone) to fracture
skull
vertebra
aggregate (sand or gravel used in concrete 混凝土)
bonesetting / Chinese osteopathy
to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
spur / bony outgrowth
joint (of the skeleton)
to ossify / ossification
"dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship)
zygomatic bone (cheek bone)
kneecap / patella
bone marrow
coccyx / tailbone
pelvis
backbone
blatant / unsubtle / frank / (of sex, violence etc) explicit
bony; skinny
pubis / pubic bone
radius (anatomy) / bone of the forearm
ingrained / entrenched / deep-rooted
lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / unforgettable
bone meal
to hate sb to the bone (idiom)
bone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash)
lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life
(coll.) flower bud
resolute individual / a hard nut to crack / tough mission / difficult task
(dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
backbone / mainstay / pillar / definite view / one's own judgment
humerus
to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold
blood relation / kin / one's flesh and blood
(anatomy) sacrum
(dead) human remains
hip bone
(anatomy) epiphysis
to the bone / to the marrow / fig. to a very large degree
dominoes
periosteum (membrane covering bone)
as thin as a match / emaciated (idiom)
metatarsal bones; metatarsus
hip bone
(idiom) (of character) staunch; unyielding
ribs / frame
to suffer serious injury (idiom)
ilium (the large flat bone of the pelvic girdle)
skeleton of the dead
flesh and blood / one's offspring
to roll rapidly; to spin / Taiwan pr. [gu2lu5]
ulna (anatomy) / bone of the forearm
club (ancient stick-like weapon with a melon-shaped enlargement at the tip) / (flower) bud
lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom); inseparably related / closely intertwined
spicule (in biology) / bone needle (in archaeology)
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  *骼* | 骼* | *骼
used in 骨骼
fibula / calf bone
lit. etched into one's heart and bones (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory; remembered with gratitude as long as one lives
parietal bone (top of the scull)
with a rolling or twisting movement / in a single movement; in one breath
miserable wretch / contemptible individual
temporal bone / os temporale
bone tool (archaeology)
ankle bone / ankle
fish bone / bone stuck in the throat / sth one feels obliged to speak out about / candid speaker
(idiom) (literary) to become emaciated due to grief (usu. due to the death of a parent)

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