"Bones" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 gǔ gé bones / skeleton
 gǔ hái bones / skeleton
 kè gǔ míng xīn lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / unforgettable
 jīn gǔ muscles and bones / physique / strength / courage
 bái gǔ bones of the dead
 tuō tāi huàn gǔ 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)
 lóng gǔ keel / dragon bones (ancient bones used in TCM)
 fěn shēn suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly / to sacrifice one's life
 jiǎ gǔ tortoise shell and animal bones used in divination / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
 bǔ cí oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
 xìn mén fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
 zhǎng gǔ metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet)
 hái bones of the body
 tī to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out
 quán cheek bones
 niè bones of the temple (on the human head) / see 顳顬|颞颥, temple
 xìn fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
 zū marshland / swamp / salted or pickled vegetables / to mince / to shred / to mince human flesh and bones / Taiwan pr. [ju1]
 xiè joint of bones
 zì rotten meat / bones of dead animal
 míng xīn kè gǔ engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom) / to remember a benefactor as long as one lives / undying gratitude
 gǔ ròu xiāng lián lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom) / inseparably related / closely intertwined
 gěng blunt / fish bones / unyielding
 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ dried bones in burial mound (idiom) / dead and buried
 qíng tóng gǔ ròu as close as flesh and bones (idiom) / deep friendship
 míng xīn lòu gǔ engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom) / to remember a benefactor as long as one lives / undying gratitude
 juān xīn míng gǔ etched in one's bones and heart (idiom) / ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
 juān gǔ míng xīn etched in one's bones and heart (idiom) / ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
 xìn nǎo mén fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
 zhái cì to pick out the bones in a fish
 nián pí zhù gǔ to glue skin and bind the bones (idiom) / insistent unrelenting conduct
 nuò mǐ tún lazy bones (dialect)
 tuō gǔ chéng Fó to shed one's bones and become a Buddha
 tuō gǔ huàn tāi 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
 zū hǎi to execute sb and mince his flesh and bones (archaic form of retribution)
 jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom)
 gǔ jìn bones and ashes / remains (after Buddhist cremation)
 jīng mì táo cí fine ceramics (used for dental implants, synthetic bones, electronics, knife blades etc) / advanced ceramics / engineered ceramics
 pí bāo gǔ tóu to be all skin and bones (idiom) / also written 皮包骨[pi2 bao1 gu3]
 lǎn māo lazy bones
 jiǎn gǔ 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
 pái gǔ jīng (jocular) anorexic girl / a bag of bones
 fó gǔ Buddha's bones (as a sacred relic)
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