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铭心刻骨

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Pīnyīn
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lit. etched into one's heart and bones (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory; remembered with gratitude as long as one lives

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
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Four corner
Cangjie
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *铭* | 铭* | *铭
11画
inscribe, engrave
8776
XCNIR
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *心* | 心* | *心
4画
heart; mind, intelligence; soul
3300.0
P
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *刻* | 刻* | *刻
8画
carve, engrave; quarter hour
0280.0
YOLN
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *骨* | 骨* | *骨
9画
bone; skeleton; frame, framework
7722.7
BBB

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
lit. etched into one's heart and bones (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory; remembered with gratitude as long as one lives
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铭* | 铭* | *铭
to engrave / inscribed motto
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *心* | 心* | *心
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL: 顆|颗, 個|个
  
  
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刻* | 刻* | *刻
quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals
  
ingrained / entrenched / deep-rooted
   
   
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骨* | 骨* | *骨
used in 骨碌碌 / used in 骨碌
   
   
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骨* | 骨* | *骨
bone