敲骨吸髓
qiāo​gǔ​xī​suǐ

to suck the lifeblood

  • created reference approved 敲骨吸髓 → 敲骨剥髓/敲骨剝髓 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    敲骨吸髓 qiāo​gǔ​xī​suǐ

    敲骨剥髓 / 敲骨剝髓 qiāo​gǔ​bō​suǐ

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 敲骨吸髓 · qiāo​gǔ​xī​suǐ · to suck the lifeblood — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    敲骨吸髓

    qiāo​gǔ​xī​suǐ

    to suck the lifeblood

    to break the bones and suck the marrow; describes cruel and extreme exploitation or oppression

    敲 (literal) → 敲 · qiāo · to knock 骨 (literal) → 骨 · gǔ · bone 吸 (literal) → 吸 · xī · to inhale 髓 (literal) → 髓 · suǐ · marrow

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

    created sense