白骨精
Bái gǔ jīng
Pinyin

Definition

白骨精
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Bái gǔ jīng
  1. White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xī yóu Jì])
  2. (fig.) sly and cunning person

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
白
Bái
  1. 1 surname Bai
白天
bái tiān
  1. 1 daytime
  2. 2 during the day
  3. 3 day
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
精彩
jīng cǎi
  1. 1 wonderful
  2. 2 marvelous
  3. 3 brilliant
精神
jīng shén
  1. 1 spirit
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 consciousness
  4. 4 thought
  5. 5 mental
  6. 6 psychological
  7. 7 essence
  8. 8 gist
  9. 9 CL:個|个[gè]
精美
jīng měi
  1. 1 delicate
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 refinement
精选
jīng xuǎn
  1. 1 carefully chosen
  2. 2 handpicked
  3. 3 best of the bunch
  4. 4 choice (product)
  5. 5 concentration (mining)
  6. 6 to concentrate
  7. 7 to winnow
精灵
jīng líng
  1. 1 spirit
  2. 2 fairy
  3. 3 elf
  4. 4 sprite
  5. 5 genie
龙马精神
lóng mǎ jīng shén
  1. 1 old but still full of vitality (idiom)
伊丽莎白
Yī lì shā bái
  1. 1 Elizabeth (person name)
刺骨
cì gǔ
  1. 1 piercing
  2. 2 cutting
  3. 3 bone-chilling
  4. 4 penetrating (cold)
刻骨
kè gǔ
  1. 1 ingrained
  2. 2 entrenched
  3. 3 deep-rooted
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
  1. 1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. etched in one's memory
  3. 3 unforgettable
告白
gào bái
  1. 1 to announce publicly
  2. 2 to explain oneself
  3. 3 to reveal one's feelings
  4. 4 to confess
  5. 5 to declare one's love
味精
wèi jīng
  1. 1 monosodium glutamate (MSG)
坦白
tǎn bái
  1. 1 honest
  2. 2 forthcoming
  3. 3 to confess
大白天
dà bái tiān
  1. 1 broad daylight
大白菜
dà bái cài
  1. 1 bok choy
  2. 2 Chinese cabbage
  3. 3 Brassica pekinensis
  4. 4 CL:棵[kē]

Idioms (20)

一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
伤筋动骨
shāng jīn dòng gǔ
  1. 1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
伤筋断骨
shāng jīn duàn gǔ
  1. 1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
  1. 1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
兵精粮足
bīng jīng liáng zú
  1. 1 elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces
  2. 2 preparations for war are in an advanced state
刻骨相思
kè gǔ xiāng sī
  1. 1 deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
  1. 1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. etched in one's memory
  3. 3 unforgettable
博而不精
bó ér bù jīng
  1. 1 extensive but not refined (idiom); to know something about everything
  2. 2 jack-of-all-trades, master of none
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
  1. 1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
  1. 1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
如蛆附骨
rú qū fù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. fixed on sth
  3. 3 to cling on without letting go
  4. 4 to pester obstinately
寒风刺骨
hán fēng cì gǔ
  1. 1 bone chilling wind (idiom)
恨之入骨
hèn zhī rù gǔ
  1. 1 to hate sb to the bone (idiom)
情同骨肉
qíng tóng gǔ ròu
  1. 1 as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship
情逾骨肉
qíng yú gǔ ròu
  1. 1 feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom)
  2. 2 deep friendship
恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài
  1. 1 evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
  1. 1 to pretend not to know (idiom)

Sample Sentences

话分两头，就在唐僧师徒休息的地方不远处，有一个白骨洞，洞中住着一只白骨精。
huàfēnliǎngtóu ，jiù zài Táng Sēng shītú xiūxi de dìfang bùyuǎnchù ，yǒu yī ge báigǔdòng ，dòng zhōng zhù zhe yī zhī báigǔjīng 。
Meanwhile, not far from where Tang Seng and his disciples rested, there was a skeleton demon's cave, and in it lived a skeleton demon lady.
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唐僧入山的消息很快便传到了白骨精的耳朵里。
Táng Sēng rù shān de xiāoxi hěn kuài biàn chuándào le báigǔjīng de ěrduo lǐ 。
The news that Tang Seng had entered the mountains quickly made its way into the ear of the skeleton demon lady.
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说完，白骨精便化作一团白烟，飞出洞外。
shuōwán ，báigǔjīng biàn huàzuò yī tuán bái yān ，fēichū dòng wài 。
After she spoke, the skeleton demon lady transformed into a cloud of white smoke and flew out of the cave.
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唐僧、八戒和沙僧正坐在一起打盹儿，完全不知那白骨精正步步逼近。
Táng Sēng 、Bājiè hé Shā Sēng zhèng zuò zài yīqǐ dǎdǔnr ，wánquán bùzhī nà báigǔjīng zhèng bùbùbījìn 。
Tang Seng, Pigsy and Friar Sand were taking a nap together and were completely unaware that the skeleton demon lady was slowly closing in on them.
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突然，白骨精踩到了悟空先前所画的圆圈，痛得往后退到了树丛里。
tūrán ，báigǔjīng cǎi dào le wùkōng xiānqián suǒ huà de yuánquān ，tòng de wǎng hòu tuì dào le shùcóng lǐ 。
Suddenly, she stepped onto the the circle that Monkey had drawn before he left. She reeled back in pain and fell into a thicket behind her.
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