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肯綮
kěn​qìng

junction of muscle and bone

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 肯 kěn adjective
    meat on the bone
    (bound form) (literary) the meat attached to a bone; often used in the sense of a crucial or central point
  2. 綮 qǐng
    (bound form) joint
    (bound form) the place where muscles and bones connect; used in the compound 肯綮 kěn​qìng