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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
unyielding character / courageous spirit / integrity / moral backbone
HSK 7-9
piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold)
HSK 7-9
pork chop / pork cutlet / spare ribs / (coll.) skinny person
collarbone / clavicle
spur / bony outgrowth
(Chinese calligraphy) vigor of brushstrokes / fortitude; toughness; spine
skull
dominoes
White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记) / (fig.) sly and cunning person
flesh and blood / one's offspring
elder or elderberry (genus Sambucus)
bone ash / cremation ashes; cremains
oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
bones / skeleton
orthopedics / orthopedic surgery
bones of the dead
ischium
"dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship)
(physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
muscles and bones / physique / strength / courage
to be all skin and bones (idiom) / also written 皮包骨
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bone
beneath the surface; fundamentally; at the deepest level
framework / skeleton
skull (of a dead body)
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)
lazybones / beanbag
sternum / breastbone
skeleton of the dead
skeleton / skinny person / a mere skeleton
cartilage
skull / cranium
to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
joint (of the skeleton)
to suffer serious injury (idiom)
posture / upright posture
lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / unforgettable
vertebra
kneecap / patella
radius (anatomy) / bone of the forearm
resolute individual / a hard nut to crack / tough mission / difficult task
scapula / shoulder blade
striated muscle
to the bone / to the marrow / fig. to a very large degree
to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold
columbarium
zygomatic bone (cheek bone)
black-boned chicken / silky fowl / silkie / Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson
sciatic nerve
(onom.) rolling around; spinning / also pr. [gu1lu1lu1] / Taiwan pr. [gu2lu4lu5]
(dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
weak, cowardly person / spineless individual
box for bone ashes / funerary casket
bone chilling wind (idiom)
to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom)
backbone
one's own flesh and blood
blood relation / kin / one's flesh and blood
reinforced concrete
tiger bone (used in TCM)
metatarsal bones; metatarsus
chondropathy (medicine)
lit. etched into one's heart and bones (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory; remembered with gratitude as long as one lives
lofty and unyielding character
occipital bone (back of the skull)
frontal bone (forehead)
oracle script / oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
ossicles (in the middle ear) / also written 聽小骨|听小骨
bony; skinny
bony fishes / Osteichthyes (taxonomic class including most fish)
urn
temporal bone / os temporale
metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet)
weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently)
sphenoid bone (front of the temple)
bonesetting / Chinese osteopathy
lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom); inseparably related / closely intertwined
(literary) emaciated; bony
backbone
pubic bone
rib
bone marrow
miserable wretch / contemptible individual
skeletal remains / Taiwan pr. [gu3 zhi2]
lower jaw / mandible
lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life
skeleton / skeletal remains
close kindred slaughter one another (idiom); internecine strife
bone tool (archaeology)
pubis / pubic bone
tibia; shinbone
ingrained / entrenched / deep-rooted
fish bone / bone stuck in the throat / sth one feels obliged to speak out about / candid speaker
nasal bone
ilium (the large flat bone of the pelvic girdle)
parietal bone (top of the scull)
strength of character / vigorous style (of calligraphy)

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