邪门歪道 邪門歪道 xié mén wāi dào lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom) / corrupt practices / crooked methods / dishonesty 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 甲骨 jiǎ gǔ tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC) / oracle bones 弯曲 彎曲 wān qū to bend / to curve around / curved / crooked / to wind / to warp syn 奸商 jiān shāng profiteer / crooked merchant syn 歪斜 wāi xié crooked / askew / oblique / slanting / out of plumb syn 佝偻 佝僂 gōu lóu stooped / crooked syn 歪歪扭扭 wāi wāi niǔ niǔ crooked / not straight / staggering from side to side syn 屈曲 qū qū crooked 曲直 qū zhí lit. crooked and straight / fig. right and wrong, good and evil syn 偏斜 piān xié crooked / not upright / diverging from straight line / improper / dishonest syn 歪 wāi askew / at a crooked angle / devious / noxious / (coll.) to lie on one's side syn 枉 wǎng to twist / crooked / unjust / in vain syn 枸 gōu bent / crooked 紾 zhěn crooked / obstinate / twist a cord 七扭八歪 qī niǔ bā wāi misshapen / crooked / uneven (idiom) syn 上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom) / fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices syn 哩溜歪斜 lī liū wāi xié crooked / deformed / twisted 是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom) / fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons syn 歪点子 歪點子 wāi diǎn zi illegal device / devious / crooked 脚正不怕鞋歪 腳正不怕鞋歪 jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe / an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom) 棩 yuān crooked (tree) 踠 wǎn ankle / fetlock / bent / crooked 歪歪扭扭 wāi wāi - niǔ niǔ crooked / askew syn 骨骼 gǔ gé bones / skeleton syn 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 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 骨骸 gǔ hái bones / skeleton 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 胔 zì rotten meat / bones of dead animal 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 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) 骨肉相连 骨肉相連 gǔ ròu xiāng lián lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom) / inseparably related / closely intertwined syn 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) 