1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
2 fig. etched in one's memory
3 unforgettable
冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
如蛆附骨
rú qū fù gǔ
1 lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom)
2 fig. fixed on sth
3 to cling on without letting go
4 to pester obstinately
寒风刺骨
hán fēng cì gǔ
1 bone chilling wind (idiom)
恨之入骨
hèn zhī rù gǔ
1 to hate sb to the bone (idiom)
情同骨肉
qíng tóng gǔ ròu
1 as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship
情逾骨肉
qíng yú gǔ ròu
1 feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom)
2 deep friendship
柔情侠骨
róu qíng xiá gǔ
1 gentle feelings and chivalrous disposition (idiom)
毛骨悚然
máo gǔ sǒng rán
1 to have one's hair stand on end (idiom)
2 to feel one's blood run cold
生死肉骨
shēng sǐ ròu gǔ
1 lit. the dead returning to life
2 a miracle (idiom)
瘦骨嶙峋
shòu gǔ lín xún
1 skinny; emaciated (idiom)
皮包骨头
pí bāo gǔ tóu
1 to be all skin and bones (idiom)
2 also written 皮包骨[pí bāo gǔ]
粉身碎骨
fěn shēn suì gǔ
1 lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom)
2 fig. to die horribly
3 to sacrifice one's life
粘皮带骨
nián pí dài gǔ
1 (old) (idiom) muddled
2 indecisive
3 plodding
胯下之辱
kuà xià zhī rǔ
1 lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Hán Xìn] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom)
2 fig. utter humiliation
脱胎换骨
tuō tāi huàn gǔ
1 to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist
2 to turn over a new leaf
3 fig. to change wholly
4 to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
脱骨换胎
tuō gǔ huàn tāi
1 to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist