"bones" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
骨骸	gǔ hái	bones / skeleton
骨骼	gǔ gé	bones / skeleton	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
刻骨铭心刻骨銘心	kè gǔ míng xīn	lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / unforgettable	syn
筋骨	jīn gǔ	muscles and bones / physique / strength / courage	syn
白骨	bái gǔ	bones of the dead	syn
脱胎换骨脫胎換骨	tuō tāi huàn gǔ	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)	syn
龙骨龍骨	lóng gǔ	"dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM) / breastbone (of a bird) / keel (of a ship)	syn
粉身碎骨	fěn shēn suì gǔ	lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom) / fig. to die horribly / to sacrifice one's life	syn
甲骨	jiǎ gǔ	tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC) / oracle bones
卜辞卜辭	bǔ cí	oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones	syn
囟门囟門	xìn mén	fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
掌骨	zhǎng gǔ	metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet)
骸	hái	bones of the body
剔	tī	to scrape the meat from bones / to pick (teeth etc) / to weed out	syn
磋	cuō	(old) to polish bones, horns, ivory, etc into tools / (bound form) to deliberate / to consult
颧顴	quán	cheek bones
颞顳	niè	bones of the temple (on the human head) / see 顳顬\|颞颥, temple
囟	xìn	fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
菹	zū	marshland / swamp / salted or pickled vegetables / to mince / to shred / to mince human flesh and bones / Taiwan pr. [ju1]
骱	xiè	joint of bones	syn
骫	wěi	be bent / crooked (of bones)
胔	zì	rotten meat / bones of dead animal
铭心刻骨銘心刻骨	míng xīn kè gǔ	lit. etched into one's heart and bones (idiom) / fig. etched in one's memory / remembered with gratitude as long as one lives	syn
骨肉相连骨肉相連	gǔ ròu xiāng lián	lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom) / inseparably related / closely intertwined	syn
骾	gěng	blunt / fish bones / unyielding
冢中枯骨塚中枯骨	zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ	dried bones in burial mound (idiom) / dead and buried
情同骨肉	qíng tóng gǔ ròu	as close as flesh and bones (idiom) / deep friendship
铭心镂骨銘心鏤骨	míng xīn lòu gǔ	engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom) / to remember a benefactor as long as one lives / undying gratitude
镌心铭骨鐫心銘骨	juān xīn míng gǔ	etched in one's bones and heart (idiom) / ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
镌骨铭心鐫骨銘心	juān gǔ míng xīn	etched in one's bones and heart (idiom) / ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
乳突窦乳突竇	rǔ tū dòu	mastoid antrum (bones at the back of tympanic chamber)
囟脑门囟腦門	xìn nǎo mén	fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)
摔断摔斷	shuāi duàn	to fall and break / to break (bones) by falling
择刺擇刺	zhái cì	to pick out the bones in a fish
粘皮著骨	nián pí zhù gǔ	to glue skin and bind the bones (idiom) / insistent unrelenting conduct
糯米臀	nuò mǐ tún	lazy bones (dialect)
脱骨成佛脫骨成佛	tuō gǔ chéng fó	to shed one's bones and become a Buddha
脱骨换胎脫骨換胎	tuō gǔ huàn tāi	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
菹醢	zū hǎi	to execute sb and mince his flesh and bones (archaic form of retribution)
鸡蛋里挑骨头雞蛋裡挑骨頭	jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou	to look for bones in an egg / to find fault / to nitpick (idiom)
骨烬骨燼	gǔ jìn	bones and ashes / remains (after Buddhist cremation)
精密陶瓷	jīng mì táo cí	fine ceramics (used for dental implants, synthetic bones, electronics, knife blades etc) / advanced ceramics / engineered ceramics
皮包骨头皮包骨頭	pí bāo gǔ tóu	to be all skin and bones (idiom) / also written 皮包骨[pi2 bao1 gu3]
跖骨	zhí gǔ	metatarsal bones / metatarsus
排骨精	pái gǔ jīng	(jocular) anorexic girl / a bag of bones
捡骨撿骨	jiǎn gǔ	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
佛骨	fó gǔ	Buddha's bones (as a sacred relic)
螺蛳粉螺螄粉	luó sī fěn	luosifen (rice noodles served in a broth made from river snails and pork bones, often seasoned with stinky fermented bamboo shoots)

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"bones" Chinese-English Dictionary

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