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piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold)
HSK 7-9
zygomatic bone (cheek bone)
pubis / pubic bone
parietal bone (top of the scull)
frontal bone (forehead)
incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone
backbone / mainstay / pillar / definite view / one's own judgment
stapes or stirrup bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration to the inner ear
maxilla (upper jaw)
skull
to hate sb to the bone (idiom)
to debone / (of meat or fish) boneless
lofty and unyielding character
collarbone / clavicle
to suffer serious injury (idiom)
(old) (idiom) muddled; indecisive; plodding
lower jaw / mandible
ischium
occipital bone (back of the skull)
blatant / unsubtle / frank / (of sex, violence etc) explicit
scapula / shoulder blade
pork chop / pork cutlet / spare ribs / (coll.) skinny person
humerus
spine
(dialect) veteran actor / old trouper
to be extremely cold or painful
bone formation / osteogenesis
ankle bone / ankle
tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones
skeleton of the dead
engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives / undying gratitude
kneecap / patella
pubic bone
to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
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
lumbar vertebrae
skull / cranium
vertebra
vertebra
bonesetting / Chinese osteopathy
(anatomy) thyroid cartilage
backbone
metatarsal bones; metatarsus
malleus or hammer bone of middle ear
gristle
cartilage
strength of character / vigorous style (of calligraphy)
Buddha's bones (as a sacred relic)
bone chilling wind (idiom)
bones of the dead
sternum / breastbone
lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life
to suffer serious injury (idiom)
lit. the dead returning to life / a miracle (idiom)
femur
coccyx
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)
coccyx / tailbone
"dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship)
posture / upright posture
lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom) / fig. fixed on sth / to cling on without letting go / to pester obstinately
etched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
oracle bone
flat bone
tibia; shinbone
rib
metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet)
ethmoid bone (cheek)
backbone
fibula / calf bone
turbinate / nasal concha
tiger bone (used in TCM)
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  *骨* | 骨* | *骨
used in 骨碌碌 / used in 骨碌 / used in 骨朵
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  *骨* | 骨* | *骨
bone
pubic bone
dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)
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
hip bone
(physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
lit. etched into one's heart and bones (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory; remembered with gratitude as long as one lives
gentle feelings and chivalrous disposition (idiom)
(anatomy) sacrum
(dead) human remains
ingrained / entrenched / deep-rooted
(old) scapula
ossicles (in the middle ear) / also written 聽小骨|听小骨
(archaic) Mongol
to the bone / to the marrow / fig. to a very large degree
to ceremonially receive a bone relic of the Buddha
skull (of a dead body)
muscles and bones / physique / strength / courage
kneecap
radius (anatomy) / bone of the forearm
skeleton / skeletal remains
(anatomy) sacrum
hip bone
lower jawbone / mandible
Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta)

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