白骨精
Bái gǔ jīng
Pinyin

Definition

白骨精
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Bái gǔ jīng
  1. White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xī yóu Jì])
  2. (fig.) sly and cunning person

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
白
Bái
  1. 1 surname Bai
白天
bái tiān
  1. 1 daytime
  2. 2 during the day
  3. 3 day
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist

Idioms (20)

一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
  1. 1 perfectly clean
  2. 2 blameless
  3. 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
伤筋动骨
shāng jīn dòng gǔ
  1. 1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)

Sample Sentences

话分两头，就在唐僧师徒休息的地方不远处，有一个白骨洞，洞中住着一只白骨精。
huàfēnliǎngtóu ，jiù zài Táng Sēng shītú xiūxi de dìfang bùyuǎnchù ，yǒu yī ge báigǔdòng ，dòng zhōng zhù zhe yī zhī báigǔjīng 。
Meanwhile, not far from where Tang Seng and his disciples rested, there was a skeleton demon's cave, and in it lived a skeleton demon lady.
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唐僧入山的消息很快便传到了白骨精的耳朵里。
Táng Sēng rù shān de xiāoxi hěn kuài biàn chuándào le báigǔjīng de ěrduo lǐ 。
The news that Tang Seng had entered the mountains quickly made its way into the ear of the skeleton demon lady.
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说完，白骨精便化作一团白烟，飞出洞外。
shuōwán ，báigǔjīng biàn huàzuò yī tuán bái yān ，fēichū dòng wài 。
After she spoke, the skeleton demon lady transformed into a cloud of white smoke and flew out of the cave.
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唐僧、八戒和沙僧正坐在一起打盹儿，完全不知那白骨精正步步逼近。
Táng Sēng 、Bājiè hé Shā Sēng zhèng zuò zài yīqǐ dǎdǔnr ，wánquán bùzhī nà báigǔjīng zhèng bùbùbījìn 。
Tang Seng, Pigsy and Friar Sand were taking a nap together and were completely unaware that the skeleton demon lady was slowly closing in on them.
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突然，白骨精踩到了悟空先前所画的圆圈，痛得往后退到了树丛里。
tūrán ，báigǔjīng cǎi dào le wùkōng xiānqián suǒ huà de yuánquān ，tòng de wǎng hòu tuì dào le shùcóng lǐ 。
Suddenly, she stepped onto the the circle that Monkey had drawn before he left. She reeled back in pain and fell into a thicket behind her.
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