刻骨铭心 — Chinese idiom
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
Traditional: 刻骨銘心
Meaning
- lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart
- fig. etched in one's memory
- unforgettable
Character by character
- 刻kèto carve, to engrave; a quarter hour; a moment
- 骨gǔbone; skeleton; frame, framework
- 铭míngto engrave, to inscribe
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
Idioms sharing a character
- 一刻千金 yī kè qiān jīn
- 一时半刻 yī shí bàn kè
- 刻舟求剑 kè zhōu qiú jiàn
- 刻苦耐劳 kè kǔ nài láo
- 刻薄寡恩 kè bó guǎ ēn
- 刻骨相思 kè gǔ xiāng sī
- 刻鹄类鹜 kè hú lèi wù
- 无时无刻 wú shí wú kè
- 精雕细刻 jīng diāo xì kè
- 铭心刻骨 míng xīn kè gǔ
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