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瘦骨伶仃
shòu​gǔ​líng​dīng

scrawny

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 瘦 shòu adjective
    thin
    thin; emaciated; to lose weight; opposite of 胖 pàng
  2. 骨 gǔ noun
    bone
    bone; the hard tissue that forms the skeleton of humans and vertebrate animals
  3. 伶仃 líng​dīng
    frail
    (literary) thin and weak; emaciated; also written 零丁 líng​dīng or 伶丁 líng​dīng