反骨
fǎn gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

反骨
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fǎn gǔ
  1. (physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fǎn
  1. 1 contrary
  2. 2 in reverse
  3. 3 inside out or upside down
  4. 4 to reverse
  5. 5 to return
  6. 6 to oppose
  7. 7 opposite
  8. 8 against
  9. 9 anti-
  10. 10 to rebel
  11. 11 to use analogy
  12. 12 instead
  13. 13 abbr. for 反切[fǎn qiè] phonetic system
fǎn yìng
  1. 1 to react
  2. 2 to respond
  3. 3 reaction
  4. 4 response
  5. 5 reply
  6. 6 chemical reaction
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè
fǎn zhèng
  1. 1 anyway
  2. 2 in any case
  3. 3 to come over from the enemy's side
fǎn ér
  1. 1 instead
  2. 2 on the contrary
  3. 3 contrary (to expectations)
cì gǔ
  1. 1 piercing
  2. 2 cutting
  3. 3 bone-chilling
  4. 4 penetrating (cold)

Idioms (20)

一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
伤筋动骨
shāng jīn dòng gǔ
  1. 1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
伤筋断骨
shāng jīn duàn gǔ
  1. 1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
出尔反尔
chū ěr fǎn ěr
  1. 1 old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word
  2. 2 to blow hot and cold
  3. 3 to contradict oneself
  4. 4 inconsistent
刻骨相思
kè gǔ xiāng sī
  1. 1 deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)