敲骨剝髓
qiāo​gǔ​bō​suǐ

to suck the marrow

  • created sense approved 敲骨剥髓/敲骨剝髓 · qiāo​gǔ​bō​suǐ · to suck the marrow — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    敲骨剥髓 / 敲骨剝髓

    qiāo​gǔ​bō​suǐ

    to suck the marrow

    to crack the bones and suck out the marrow; to squeeze or exploit people to the uttermost

    敲 (literal) → 敲 · qiāo · to knock 骨 (literal) → 骨 · gǔ · bone 剥 (literal) → 剥/剝 · bō · to strip 髓 (literal) → 髓 · suǐ · marrow

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense