骨 头 gǔ tou bone / CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4] / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5] 骨 bone 骨 髓 gǔ suǐ bone marrow (medulla ossea) 甲 骨 文 jiǎ gǔ wén oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) 骨 灰 gǔ huī bone ash / cremation ashes / cremains 造 血 zào xuè to make blood (function of bone marrow) 彻 骨 chè gǔ to the bone / to the marrow / fig. to a very large degree 造 血 干 细 胞 zào xuè gàn xì bāo blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow) 颧 骨 quán gǔ zygomatic bone (cheek bone) 鱼 骨 yú gǔ fish bone 白 骨 精 bái gǔ jīng White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]) / (fig.) sly and cunning person 骨 灰 盒 gǔ huī hé box for bone ashes / funerary casket 骨 粉 gǔ fěn bone meal 耻 骨 chǐ gǔ pubis / pubic bone 骨 髓 移 植 gǔ suǐ yí zhí bone marrow transplant 甲 骨 jiǎ gǔ tortoise shell and animal bones used in divination / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) 冷 飕 飕 lěng sōu sōu chilled to the bone / (of the wind) chilly 虎 骨 hǔ gǔ tiger bone (used in TCM) 骨 瓷 gǔ cí bone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash) 腓 骨 féi gǔ fibula / calf bone 枕 骨 zhěn gǔ occipital bone (back of the skull) 踝 骨 huái gǔ ankle bone / ankle 额 骨 é gǔ frontal bone (forehead) 胯 骨 kuà gǔ hip bone 髋 骨 kuān gǔ hip bone 桡 骨 ráo gǔ radius (anatomy) / bone of the forearm 掌 骨 zhǎng gǔ metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet) 尺 骨 chǐ gǔ ulna (anatomy) / bone of the forearm 髂 骨 qià gǔ ilium (the large flat bone of the pelvic girdle) 折 to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) 腿 hip bone / old variant of 腿[tui3] 骶 sacrum (anatomy) / bone forming the base of the spinal column 髂 ilium / outermost bone of the pelvic girdle / Taiwan pr. [ka4] 桡 radius (anatomy) / bone of the forearm 鲠 to choke on a piece of food / (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat 腄 callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks 恨 之 入 骨 hèn zhī rù gǔ to hate sb to the bone (idiom) 切 骨 之 仇 qiè gǔ zhī chóu bitter hatred / hatred that cuts to the bone 骨 鲠 之 臣 gǔ gěng zhī chén lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom) / fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism 骨 鲠 在 喉 gǔ gěng zài hóu fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly / sth on one's mind 胼 手 胝 足 pián shǒu zhī zú with callouses on hands and feet (idiom) / to work one's fingers to the bone 如 鲠 在 喉 rú gěng zài hóu lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure 顶 骨 dǐng gǔ parietal bone (top of the scull) 骶 骨 dǐ gǔ sacrum (anatomy) / bone forming the base of the spinal column 砧 骨 zhēn gǔ incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone 蝶 骨 dié gǔ sphenoid bone (front of the temple) 骨 针 gǔ zhēn spicule (in biology) / bone needle (in archaeology) 筛 骨 shāi gǔ ethmoid bone (cheek) 锤 骨 chuí gǔ malleus or hammer bone of middle ear 扁 骨 biǎn gǔ flat bone 成 骨 不 全 症 chéng gǔ bù quán zhèng osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) / brittle bone disease 軱 big bone 骨 法 gǔ fǎ bone structure and physiognomy / the strength observed in brushstrokes (Chinese calligraphy) 牼 shank bone of ox 胏 dried meat with bone 横 骨 héng gǔ pubic bone 内 耳 道 nèi ěr dào internal auditory meatus (canal in temporal bone of skull housing auditory nerves) 卜 骨 bǔ gǔ oracle bone / bone used for divination, esp. animal scapula 寒 风 刺 骨 hán fēng cì gǔ bone chilling wind (idiom) 成 骨 chéng gǔ bone formation / osteogenesis 有 劳 得 奖 yǒu láo dé jiǎng a good dog deserves a bone (idiom) 犁 骨 lí gǔ vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils) 甲 骨 文 字 jiǎ gǔ wén zì oracle script / oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script) 稀 松 骨 质 xī sōng gǔ zhì cancellous bone / trabecular bone / spongy bone 红 骨 髓 hóng gǔ suǐ red bone marrow (myeloid tissue) 听 小 骨 tīng xiǎo gǔ ossicles (of the middle ear) / three ossicles, acting as levers to amplify sound, namely: stapes or stirrup bone 鐙骨|镫骨, incus or anvil bone 砧骨, malleus or hammer bone 錘骨|锤骨 镫 骨 dèng gǔ stapes or stirrup bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration to the inner ear 隐 颧 yǐn quán a skull with sunken cheek bone / cryptozygous 颞 骨 niè gǔ temporal bone / os temporale 颧 弓 quán gōng cheek bone / zygomatic arch (anatomy) 骨 刻 gǔ kè carving in bone 骨 器 gǔ qì bone tool (archaeology) 骨 炭 gǔ tàn bone black / animal charcoal 骨 鲠 gǔ gěng fish bone / bone stuck in the throat / sth one feels obliged to speak out about / candid speaker 黄 骨 髓 huáng gǔ suǐ yellow or fatty bone marrow 鼻 骨 bí gǔ nasal bone 博 讷 bó nè nasal bone 髎 (literary) hip bone / (TCM) space between two joints 骨 密 度 仪 gǔ mì duó yí bone densitometer 手 抓 羊 肉 shǒu zhuā yáng ròu hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers) 謋 sound of flesh being separated from the bone 交 骨 jiāo gǔ pubic bone 反 骨 fǎn gǔ (physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature 迎 佛 骨 yíng fó gǔ to ceremonially receive a bone relic of the Buddha 紧 咬 不 放 jǐn yǎo bù fàng (idiom) unwilling to let go / like a dog with a bone / dogged 骨 裂 gǔ liè bone fracture / (of a bone) to fracture
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