骨鲠之臣 — Chinese idiom
骨鲠之臣
gǔ gěng zhī chén
Traditional: 骨鯁之臣
Meaning
- lit. fish bone of a minister ; fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
Character by character
- 骨gǔbone; skeleton; frame, framework
- 鲠gěngfish bones; honest, upright
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 臣chénminister, statesman, official, vassal
Idioms sharing a character
- 伤筋动骨 shāng jīn dòng gǔ
- 伤筋断骨 shāng jīn duàn gǔ
- 冰肌玉骨 bīng jī yù gǔ
- 刻骨相思 kè gǔ xiāng sī
- 刻骨铭心 kè gǔ míng xīn
- 哀毁骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì
- 冢中枯骨 zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
- 如蛆附骨 rú qū fù gǔ
- 寒风刺骨 hán fēng cì gǔ
- 恨之入骨 hèn zhī rù gǔ
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