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bone / CL: , 塊|块 / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5]
HSK 4
diaphysis (long segment of a bone) / fig. backbone
HSK 7-9
piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold)
HSK 7-9
unyielding character / courageous spirit / integrity / moral backbone
HSK 7-9
to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture
HSK 7-9
hip bone
water wheel
stupa (Buddhist shrine)
etched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
(zoology) exoskeleton
oracle script / oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
framework / skeleton
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骨* | 骨* | *骨
used in 骨碌碌 / used in 骨碌
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *骨* | 骨* | *骨
bone
White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记) / (fig.) sly and cunning person
cartilage
sternum / breastbone
temporal bone / os temporale
to ossify / ossification
rib
vertebra
pork chop / pork cutlet / spare ribs / (coll.) skinny person
skeletal remains / Taiwan pr. [gu3 zhi2]
orthopedics / orthopedic surgery
bone cement; orthopedic cement
(jocular) anorexic girl; a bag of bones
joint (of the skeleton)
tibia; shinbone
lofty and unyielding character
ossicles (in the middle ear) / also written 聽小骨|听小骨
bone fracture / (of a bone) to fracture
skull
(coll.) flower bud
aggregate (sand or gravel used in concrete 混凝土)
bonesetting / Chinese osteopathy
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)
bones of the dead
femur
spur / bony outgrowth
"dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship)
zygomatic bone (cheek bone)
(anatomy) thyroid cartilage
kneecap / patella
bone marrow
pelvis
bone ash / cremation ashes; cremains
fish bone
blatant / unsubtle / frank / (of sex, violence etc) explicit
pubis / pubic bone
radius (anatomy) / bone of the forearm
ingrained / entrenched / deep-rooted
bones / skeleton
lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / unforgettable
bone meal
to hate sb to the bone (idiom)
muscles and bones / physique / strength / courage
joint (of the skeleton)
lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life
skull (of a dead body)
bony; skinny
resolute individual / a hard nut to crack / tough mission / difficult task
(dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
humerus
to have one's hair stand on end (idiom) / to feel one's blood run cold
blood relation / kin / one's flesh and blood
(anatomy) sacrum
(dead) human remains
(anatomy) epiphysis
to the bone / to the marrow / fig. to a very large degree
periosteum (membrane covering bone)
tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones
metatarsal bones; metatarsus
ribs / frame
fibula / calf bone
to suffer serious injury (idiom)
skeleton of the dead
flesh and blood / one's offspring
club (ancient stick-like weapon with a melon-shaped enlargement at the tip) / (flower) bud
backbone
coccyx / tailbone
ulna (anatomy) / bone of the forearm
to be all skin and bones (idiom) / also written 皮包骨
lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom); inseparably related / closely intertwined
chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)
lit. etched into one's heart and bones (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory; remembered with gratitude as long as one lives
incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone
parietal bone (top of the scull)
miserable wretch / contemptible individual
(idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated
bone tool (archaeology)
lower jaw / mandible
ankle bone / ankle
fish bone / bone stuck in the throat / sth one feels obliged to speak out about / candid speaker
(idiom) (literary) to become emaciated due to grief (usu. due to the death of a parent)
fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly / sth on one's mind
malleus or hammer bone of middle ear
skinny; emaciated (idiom)
frontal bone (forehead)
(idiom) emaciated; scrawny

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