肉中刺
ròu​zhōng​cì

thorn in one's flesh

  • created reference approved 肉中刺 → 眼中钉/眼中釘 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    肉中刺 ròu​zhōng​cì

    眼中钉 / 眼中釘 yǎn​zhōng​dīng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 肉中刺 · ròu​zhōng​cì · thorn in one's flesh — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    肉中刺

    ròu​zhōng​cì

    thorn in one's flesh

    a person or thing that is extremely hated and that one wants to get rid of; often used together with [[眼中钉|眼中釘|yan3 zhong1 ding1]]

    肉 (literal) → 肉 · ròu · meat 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle 刺 (literal) → 刺 · cì · thorn

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

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