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

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