"a mere skeleton" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 骨头架子 骨頭架子 | skeleton / skinny person / a mere skeleton | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 骷髅 骷髏 | human skeleton / human skull | syn | |
| 工夫 | period of time (may be months, or mere seconds) / spare time / skill / labor / effort | syn | |
| 骨骼 | bones / skeleton | syn | |
| 骨架 | framework / skeleton | syn | |
| 尸骨 屍骨 | skeleton of the dead | syn | |
| 例行公事 | routine business / usual practice / mere formality | ||
| 小意思 | small token / mere trifle (used of one's gifts) | syn | |
| 骸骨 | skeleton / skeletal remains | syn | |
| 过场 過場 | interlude / to cross the stage / to do sth as a mere formality / to go through the motions | syn | |
| 尸骸 屍骸 | corpse / skeleton | syn | |
| 毛毛雨 | drizzle / light rain / (fig.) mere trifle / sth that has only a weak effect | syn | |
| 架空 | to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead | syn | |
| 骨节 骨節 | joint (of the skeleton) | syn | |
| 谈虎色变 談虎色變 | to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom) / to be scared at the mere mention of | syn | |
| 形骸 | the human body / skeleton | syn | |
| 万能钥匙 萬能鑰匙 | master key / skeleton key / passkey | ||
| 骨骸 | bones / skeleton | ||
| 家丑 家醜 | family scandal / skeleton in the closet | ||
| 望风而逃 望風而逃 | to flee at the mere sight of (idiom) | syn | |
| 侥 僥 | by mere luck | ||
| 徼 | by mere luck | ||
| 惊弓之鸟 驚弓之鳥 | lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences | syn | |
| 身外之物 | mere worldly possessions | ||
| 骨头节儿 骨頭節兒 | joint (of the skeleton) | ||
| 纲要法律 綱要法律 | skeleton law / outline law | ||
| 骨干人员 骨幹人員 | skeletal staff / skeleton staff | ||
| 儌 | by mere luck | ||
| 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩 | lit. once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / fig. once bitten, twice shy | ||
| 光动嘴 光動嘴 | empty talk / mere rhetoric / palaver | ||
| 浮利 | mere worldly, superficial gain, such as wealth and fame | ||
| 突尼斯母婴权利协会 | Association tunisienne des droits de l'enfant et la mere | ||
| 毛里塔尼亚母子健康协会 毛里塔尼亞母子健康協會 | Association mauritanienne pour la santé de la mère et de l'enfant | ||
| 喀麦隆母幼协调发展协会 喀麥隆母幼協調發展協會 | Association pour le développement harmonieux de la mère et de l'enfant du Cameroun | ||
| 屁事 | (vulgar) trifling matter / mere trifle / goddamn thing / goddamn business | ||
| 流于形式 流於形式 | to become a mere formality | ||
| 空口无凭 空口無憑 | mere verbal statement cannot be taken as proof (idiom) | ||
| 大恩不言谢 大恩不言謝 | (maxim) a mere "thank you" is an insufficient response to a huge favor / (expression of gratitude) words cannot express my appreciation for what you have done |