骨头 骨頭 gǔ tou bone / CL:根[gen1],塊|块[kuai4] / moral character / bitterness / Taiwan pr. [gu2 tou5] syn 打断 打斷 dǎ duàn to interrupt / to break off / to break (a bone) syn 骨折 gǔ zhé to suffer a fracture / (of a bone) to break / fracture 骨灰 gǔ huī bone ash / cremation ashes / cremains 脸蛋 臉蛋 liǎn dàn cheek / face syn 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence / to have the cheek to syn 骨髓 gǔ suǐ bone marrow syn 脸颊 臉頰 liǎn jiá cheek syn 石膏 shí gāo gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone) syn 好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question) syn 脸皮 臉皮 liǎn pí face / cheek syn 颧骨 顴骨 quán gǔ zygomatic bone (cheek bone) syn 面颊 面頰 miàn jiá cheek syn 酒窝 酒窩 jiǔ wō dimple (on the cheek when smiling) syn 刺骨 cì gǔ piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold) syn 骨灰盒 gǔ huī hé box for bone ashes / funerary casket syn 厚脸皮 厚臉皮 hòu liǎn pí brazen / shameless / impudent / cheek / thick-skinned 造血 zào xuè to make blood (function of bone marrow) 言不由衷 yán bù yóu zhōng to say sth without meaning it (idiom) / to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different syn 骨干 骨幹 gǔ gàn diaphysis (long segment of a bone) / fig. backbone syn 骨膜 gǔ mó periosteum (membrane covering bone) 骨粉 gǔ fěn bone meal 甲骨文 jiǎ gǔ wén oracle script / oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script) 腮帮子 腮幫子 sāi bāng zi cheek syn 耻骨 恥骨 chǐ gǔ pubis / pubic bone 白骨精 bái gǔ jīng White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]) / (fig.) sly and cunning person syn 接上 jiē shàng to connect (a cable etc) / to hook up (a device) / to resume (a conversation) / to set (a bone) 彻骨 徹骨 chè gǔ to the bone / to the marrow / fig. to a very large degree syn 造血干细胞 造血幹細胞 zào xuè gàn xì bāo blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow) 鱼骨 魚骨 yú gǔ fish bone 脸蛋儿 臉蛋兒 liǎn dàn r cheek / face (often of child) syn 骨髓移植 gǔ suǐ yí zhí (medicine) bone marrow transplant 腿 骽 tuǐ hip bone / old variant of 腿[tui3] syn 骨 gǔ bone syn 折 shé to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) syn 叼 diāo to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone) syn 恨之入骨 hèn zhī rù gǔ to hate sb to the bone (idiom) syn 尺骨 chǐ gǔ ulna (anatomy) / bone of the forearm 腓骨 féi gǔ fibula / calf bone 髓 suǐ (bound form) bone marrow / (fig.) innermost part / (botany) pith syn 掌骨 zhǎng gǔ metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet) 枕骨 zhěn gǔ occipital bone (back of the skull) syn 桡骨 橈骨 ráo gǔ radius (anatomy) / bone of the forearm 顶骨 頂骨 dǐng gǔ parietal bone (top of the scull) syn 髋骨 髖骨 kuān gǔ hip bone syn 髂骨 qià gǔ ilium (the large flat bone of the pelvic girdle) syn 髂 qià ilium / outermost bone of the pelvic girdle / Taiwan pr. [ka4] 踝骨 huái gǔ ankle bone / ankle 胯骨 kuà gǔ hip bone syn 虎骨 hǔ gǔ tiger bone (used in TCM) 腮腺 sāi xiàn parotid gland / saliva gland in cheek 桡 橈 ráo radius (anatomy) / bone of the forearm syn 鲠 鯁 gěng to choke on a piece of food / (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat syn 颧 顴 quán cheek bones 骨瓷 gǔ cí bone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash) 额骨 額骨 é gǔ frontal bone (forehead) 砧骨 zhēn gǔ incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone 蝶骨 dié gǔ sphenoid bone (front of the temple) 骨瘤 gǔ liú osteoma (benign tumor composed of bone-like material) 骨针 骨針 gǔ zhēn spicule (in biology) / bone needle (in archaeology) 筛骨 篩骨 shāi gǔ ethmoid bone (cheek) 笑窝 笑窩 xiào wō dimple (on the cheek when smiling) syn 锤骨 錘骨 chuí gǔ malleus or hammer bone of middle ear 腄 chuí callus on the hand or foot / upper leg bone of horse or bird / buttocks 唾面自干 唾面自乾 tuò miàn zì gān to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom) / to turn the other cheek / to drain the cup of humiliation 忍辱含垢 rěn rǔ hán gòu to eat humble pie / to accept humiliation / to turn the other cheek 切骨之仇 qiè gǔ zhī chóu bitter hatred / hatred that cuts to the bone syn 骨鲠之臣 骨鯁之臣 gǔ gěng zhī chén lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom) / fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism 骨鲠在喉 骨鯁在喉 gǔ gěng zài hóu fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly / sth on one's mind 胼手胝足 pián shǒu zhī zú lit. with calluses on hands and feet (idiom) / fig. to work one's fingers to the bone 如鲠在喉 如鯁在喉 rú gěng zài hóu lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure 稀松骨质 稀鬆骨質 xī sōng gǔ zhì cancellous bone / trabecular bone / spongy bone 听小骨 聽小骨 tīng xiǎo gǔ 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 隐颧 隱顴 yǐn quán a skull with sunken cheek bone / cryptozygous 骨鲠 骨鯁 gǔ gěng fish bone / bone stuck in the throat / sth one feels obliged to speak out about / candid speaker 骨裂 gǔ liè bone fracture / (of a bone) to fracture 含忍耻辱 含忍恥辱 hán rěn chǐ rǔ to eat humble pie / to accept humiliation / to turn the other cheek 耳下腺 ěr xià xiàn subauricular gland / parotid gland (salivary gland in the cheek) 腮颊 腮頰 sāi jiá cheek / jaw syn 脸蛋子 臉蛋子 liǎn dàn zi cheek / face 腮帮 腮幫 sāi bāng cheek / upper (of a shoe) 屁股蛋 pì gu dàn butt cheek / rump 脸巴子 臉巴子 liǎn bā zi cheek 扁骨 biǎn gǔ flat bone 成骨不全症 chéng gǔ bù quán zhèng osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) / brittle bone disease 軱 gū big bone 骨法 gǔ fǎ bone structure and physiognomy / the strength observed in brushstrokes (Chinese calligraphy) 牼 kēng shank bone of ox 胏 zǐ dried meat with bone 横骨 橫骨 héng gǔ pubic bone 丁骨牛排 dīng gǔ niú pái T-bone steak 内耳道 內耳道 nèi ěr dào internal auditory meatus (canal in temporal bone of skull housing auditory nerves) 卜骨 bǔ gǔ oracle bone 寒风刺骨 寒風刺骨 hán fēng cì gǔ bone chilling wind (idiom) 成骨 chéng gǔ bone formation / osteogenesis 有劳得奖 有勞得獎 yǒu láo dé jiǎng a good dog deserves a bone (idiom) 犁骨 lí gǔ vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils) 甲骨文字 jiǎ gǔ wén zì oracle script / oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script) 红骨髓 紅骨髓 hóng gǔ suǐ red bone marrow / hematopoietic marrow 