刻骨铭心(kè gǔ míng xīn): lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 刻骨銘心
lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- kè gǔ míng xīn
- Meaning
- lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 刻骨銘心
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 刻骨铭心 — tap one to open its word page.
kè刻yì意
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kè刻zhōu舟qiú求jiàn剑
HSK 7-9lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an…
kè刻kǔ苦
HSK 7-9hardworking
yī一kè刻
a quarter of an hour; 15 minutes
yī一kè刻qiān千jīn金
(idiom) time is gold; every minute is precious
yī一kè刻zhōng钟
a quarter of an hour
yī一shí时bàn半kè刻
(idiom) a short time; a little while
kè刻bù不róng容huǎn缓
to brook no delay
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