寒风刺骨 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• bone chilling wind

Character by character

• 寒hánchilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble
• 风fēngwind; air; customs, manners; news
• 刺cìto stab; to prick, to irritate; to prod
• 骨gǔbone; skeleton; frame, framework

Idioms sharing a character

• 不寒而栗 bù hán ér lì
• 乍暖还寒 zhà nuǎn huán hán
• 唇亡齿寒 chún wáng chǐ hán
• 问寒问暖 wèn hán wèn nuǎn
• 啼饥号寒 tí jī háo hán
• 嘘寒问暖 xū hán wèn nuǎn
• 噤若寒蝉 jìn ruò hán chán
• 天寒地冻 tiān hán dì dòng
• 枕冷衾寒 zhěn lěng qīn hán
• 饥寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò

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