反骨
fǎn gǔ
Pinyin
Definition
反骨
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- (physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 contrary
- 2 in reverse
- 3 inside out or upside down
- 4 to reverse
- 5 to return
- 6 to oppose
- 7 opposite
- 8 against
- 9 anti-
- 10 to rebel
- 11 to use analogy
- 12 instead
- 13 abbr. for 反切[fǎn qiè] phonetic system
- 1 anyway
- 2 in any case
- 3 to come over from the enemy's side
- 1 instead
- 2 on the contrary
- 3 contrary (to expectations)
- 1 piercing
- 2 cutting
- 3 bone-chilling
- 4 penetrating (cold)
Idioms (20)
一反常态
- 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
- 2 entirely outside the norm
- 3 out of character
伤筋动骨
- 1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
伤筋断骨
- 1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
出尔反尔
- 1 old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word
- 2 to blow hot and cold
- 3 to contradict oneself
- 4 inconsistent
刻骨相思
- 1 deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)