铭心镂骨 — Chinese idiom
铭心镂骨
míng xīn lòu gǔ
Traditional: 銘心鏤骨
Meaning
- engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones ; to remember a benefactor as long as one lives
- undying gratitude
Character by character
- 铭míngto engrave, to inscribe
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 镂lòuto inlay; to engrave, to carve; tattoo
- 骨gǔbone; skeleton; frame, framework
Idioms sharing a character
- 刻骨铭心 kè gǔ míng xīn
- 铭心刻骨 míng xīn kè gǔ
- 镌心铭骨 juān xīn míng gǔ
- 镌骨铭心 juān gǔ míng xīn
- 一心一德 yī xīn yī dé
- 一心二用 yī xīn èr yòng
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
- 三心二意 sān xīn èr yì
- 人心不古 rén xīn bù gǔ
- 人心惶惶 rén xīn huáng huáng
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