骨 骼 gǔ gé bones / skeleton 骨 骸 gǔ hái bones / skeleton 刻 骨 铭 心 kè gǔ míng xīn lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / unforgettable 筋 骨 jīn gǔ muscles and bones / physique / strength / courage 白 骨 bái gǔ bones of the dead 脱 胎 换 骨 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) 龙 骨 lóng gǔ "dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship) 粉 身 碎 骨 fěn shēn suì gǔ lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly / to sacrifice one's life 甲 骨 jiǎ gǔ tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC) / oracle bones 卜 辞 bǔ cí oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones 囟 门 xìn mén fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) 掌 骨 zhǎng gǔ metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet) 骸 bones of the body 剔 to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out 磋 (old) to polish bones, horns, ivory, etc into tools / (bound form) to deliberate / to consult 颧 cheek bones 颞 bones of the temple (on the human head) / see 顳顬|颞颥, temple 囟 fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) 菹 marshland / swamp / salted or pickled vegetables / to mince / to shred / to mince human flesh and bones / Taiwan pr. [ju1] 骱 joint of bones 胔 rotten meat / bones of dead animal 铭 心 刻 骨 míng xīn kè gǔ lit. etched into one's heart and bones (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / remembered with gratitude as long as one lives 骨 肉 相 连 gǔ ròu xiāng lián lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom) / inseparably related / closely intertwined 骾 blunt / fish bones / unyielding 冢 中 枯 骨 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ dried bones in burial mound (idiom) / dead and buried 情 同 骨 肉 qíng tóng gǔ ròu as close as flesh and bones (idiom) / deep friendship 铭 心 镂 骨 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 镌 心 铭 骨 juān xīn míng gǔ etched in one's bones and heart (idiom) / ever-present memory (esp. resentment) 镌 骨 铭 心 juān gǔ míng xīn etched in one's bones and heart (idiom) / ever-present memory (esp. resentment) 囟 脑 门 xìn nǎo mén fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) 择 刺 zhái cì to pick out the bones in a fish 粘 皮 著 骨 nián pí zhù gǔ to glue skin and bind the bones (idiom) / insistent unrelenting conduct 糯 米 臀 nuò mǐ tún lazy bones (dialect) 脱 骨 成 佛 tuō gǔ chéng Fó to shed one's bones and become a Buddha 脱 骨 换 胎 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 菹 醢 zū hǎi to execute sb and mince his flesh and bones (archaic form of retribution) 鸡 蛋 里 挑 骨 头 jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom) 骨 烬 gǔ jìn bones and ashes / remains (after Buddhist cremation) 精 密 陶 瓷 jīng mì táo cí fine ceramics (used for dental implants, synthetic bones, electronics, knife blades etc) / advanced ceramics / engineered ceramics 皮 包 骨 头 pí bāo gǔ tóu to be all skin and bones (idiom) / also written 皮包骨[pi2 bao1 gu3] 跖 骨 zhí gǔ metatarsal bones / metatarsus 捡 骨 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 排 骨 精 pái gǔ jīng (jocular) anorexic girl / a bag of bones 佛 骨 fó gǔ Buddha's bones (as a sacred relic) 螺 蛳 粉 luó sī fěn luosifen (rice noodles served in a broth made from river snails and pork bones, often seasoned with stinky fermented bamboo shoots)
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