炊骨易子 chuīgǔyìzǐ desperate famine Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 炊 chuī verb to cook (bound form) to cook food; to prepare a meal or perform kitchen work骨 gǔ noun bone bone; the hard tissue that forms the skeleton of humans and vertebrate animals易 yì noun to change to change; to alter; to replace子 zǐ noun son (bound form) son; child; offspring