骨瘦如柴
Chinese
| bone | tight; thin; lean | as (if); such as | firewood | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (骨瘦如柴) | 骨 | 瘦 | 如 | 柴 | |
| simp. #(骨瘦如柴) | 骨 | 瘦 | 如 | 柴 | |
| alternative forms | 骨瘦如豺 | ||||
| Literally: “as thin as a stick”. | |||||
Etymology
瘦如豺 (“as thin as a dhole”) was first described in Song Dynasty dictionary Piya, where also mention the homophonous alternative form using 柴 (chái, “stick”), which is now more common.
Pronunciation
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