头骨
tóu gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

头骨
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tóu gǔ
  1. skull

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
  1. 1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. etched in one's memory
  3. 3 unforgettable
排骨
pái gǔ
  1. 1 pork chop
  2. 2 pork cutlet
  3. 3 spare ribs
  4. 4 (coll.) skinny person
骨
gǔ
  1. 1 bone
骨子
gǔ zi
  1. 1 ribs
  2. 2 frame
骨头
gǔ tou
  1. 1 bone
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn],塊|块[kuài]
  3. 3 moral character
  4. 4 bitterness
傲骨
ào gǔ
  1. 1 lofty and unyielding character
伤筋动骨
shāng jīn dòng gǔ
  1. 1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
刺骨
cì gǔ
  1. 1 piercing
  2. 2 cutting
  3. 3 bone-chilling
  4. 4 penetrating (cold)
刻骨
kè gǔ
  1. 1 ingrained
  2. 2 entrenched
  3. 3 deep-rooted
彻骨
chè gǔ
  1. 1 to the bone
  2. 2 to the marrow
  3. 3 fig. to a very large degree
恨之入骨
hèn zhī rù gǔ
  1. 1 to hate sb to the bone (idiom)
毛骨悚然
máo gǔ sǒng rán
  1. 1 to have one's hair stand on end (idiom)
  2. 2 to feel one's blood run cold
甲骨文
jiǎ gǔ wén
  1. 1 oracle script
  2. 2 oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
白骨
bái gǔ
  1. 1 bones of the dead
白骨精
Bái gǔ jīng
  1. 1 White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xī yóu Jì])
  2. 2 (fig.) sly and cunning person
筋骨
jīn gǔ
  1. 1 muscles and bones
  2. 2 physique
  3. 3 strength
  4. 4 courage
粉身碎骨
fěn shēn suì gǔ
  1. 1 lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die horribly
  3. 3 to sacrifice one's life
肋骨
lèi gǔ
  1. 1 rib
脱胎换骨
tuō tāi huàn gǔ
  1. 1 to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
  3. 3 fig. to change wholly
  4. 4 to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
腰骨
yāo gǔ
  1. 1 lumbar vertebrae

Idioms (20)

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)
刻骨相思
kè gǔ xiāng sī
  1. 1 deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
  1. 1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. etched in one's memory
  3. 3 unforgettable
冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
  1. 1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
如蛆附骨
rú qū fù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. fixed on sth
  3. 3 to cling on without letting go
  4. 4 to pester obstinately
寒风刺骨
hán fēng cì gǔ
  1. 1 bone chilling wind (idiom)
恨之入骨
hèn zhī rù gǔ
  1. 1 to hate sb to the bone (idiom)
情同骨肉
qíng tóng gǔ ròu
  1. 1 as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship
情逾骨肉
qíng yú gǔ ròu
  1. 1 feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom)
  2. 2 deep friendship
柔情侠骨
róu qíng xiá gǔ
  1. 1 gentle feelings and chivalrous disposition (idiom)
毛骨悚然
máo gǔ sǒng rán
  1. 1 to have one's hair stand on end (idiom)
  2. 2 to feel one's blood run cold
生死肉骨
shēng sǐ ròu gǔ
  1. 1 lit. the dead returning to life
  2. 2 a miracle (idiom)
瘦骨嶙峋
shòu gǔ lín xún
  1. 1 skinny; emaciated (idiom)
皮包骨头
pí bāo gǔ tóu
  1. 1 to be all skin and bones (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 皮包骨[pí bāo gǔ]
粉身碎骨
fěn shēn suì gǔ
  1. 1 lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die horribly
  3. 3 to sacrifice one's life
粘皮带骨
nián pí dài gǔ
  1. 1 (old) (idiom) muddled
  2. 2 indecisive
  3. 3 plodding
脱胎换骨
tuō tāi huàn gǔ
  1. 1 to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
  3. 3 fig. to change wholly
  4. 4 to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
脱骨换胎
tuō gǔ huàn tāi
  1. 1 to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
  3. 3 fig. to change wholly
铭心刻骨
míng xīn kè gǔ
  1. 1 engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives
  2. 2 undying gratitude

Sample Sentences

巴西国家博物馆日前遭大火损毁，但博物馆官员四日说，从灰烬中找回的物体碎片为挽救古人类头骨等馆藏珍品带来希望。
Bāxī guójiābówùguǎn rìqián zāo dàhuǒ sǔnhuǐ ，dàn bówùguǎn guānyuán sìrì shuō ，cóng huījìn zhōng zhǎohuí de wùtǐ suìpiàn wèi wǎnjiù gǔrénlèi tóugǔ děng guǎncáng zhēnpǐn dàilái xīwàng 。
The National Museum of Brazil was destroyed by fire yesterday, but museum officials said on the 4th that the fragments of objects recovered from the ashes brought hope to them that they may be able to salvage valuables such as ancient human skulls.
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巴西国博有逾二千万件藏品，其中最珍贵的包括美洲最早的人类头骨化石、落在巴西境内最大的陨石等。
Bāxī guóbó yǒu yú èrqiānwàn jiàn cángpǐn ，qízhōng zuì zhēnguì de bāokuò Měizhōu zuìzǎo de rénlèi tóugǔ huàshí 、luò zài Bāxī jìngnèi zuìdà de yǔnshí děng 。
Brazil has more than 20 million collections, the most precious of which include the earliest human skull fossils in the Americas and the largest meteorites in Brazil.
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