肯綮
kěn​qìng

junction of muscle and bone

  • created sense approved 肯綮 · kěn​qìng · junction of muscle and bone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    肯綮

    kěn​qìng

    junction of muscle and bone

    (literary) the anatomical place where muscle and bone link

    kěn​qǐng

    肯 (literal) → 肯 · kěn · meat on the bone 綮 (literal) → 綮 · qǐng · (bound form) joint

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  • created sense approved 肯綮 · kěn​qìng · crux — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    肯綮

    kěn​qìng

    crux

    the critical juncture or key point of a matter

    kěn​qǐng

    肯 (literal) → 肯 · kěn · meat on the bone 綮 (literal) → 綮 · qǐng · (bound form) joint

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

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