刻骨铭心 (刻骨銘心)
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Pinyin
Definition
刻骨铭心 (刻骨銘心)
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- lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
- fig. etched in one's memory
- unforgettable
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to grieve
- 2 to be broken-hearted
- 3 to feel deeply hurt
- 1 heart
- 2 innermost being
- 3 (math.) incenter
- 1 quarter (hour)
- 2 moment
- 3 to carve
- 4 to engrave
- 5 to cut
- 6 oppressive
- 7 classifier for short time intervals
- 1 to be careful
- 2 to take care
Idioms (20)
一心一德
- 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一心二用
- 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
- 2 to multitask
- 3 to divide one's attention
一门心思
- 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三心二意
- 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
- 2 half-hearted
- 3 shilly-shallying
不到黄河心不死
- 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
- 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
- 3 to keep going while some hope is left