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刮骨
guā​gǔ

to scrape the bone

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 刮骨去毒 guā​gǔ​qù​dú to scrape the bone to remove poison
    an ancient or legendary medical treatment where a knife is used to scrape poison directly off the bone; famously associated with the physician [[华佗|華佗|hua4 tuo2]] treating the general [[关羽|關羽|guan1 yu3]]
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