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

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