bony; as thin as a stick
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesidiom
extremely thin; skin and bones; as skinny as a rake
literary主要用来形容人因疾病、饥饿或营养不良而极度消瘦的样子。带有同情或怜悯的意味。
Tā他
dà大
bìng病
yī一
chǎng场
zhī之
hòu后
，
biàn变
dé得
gǔ骨
shòu瘦
rú如
chái柴
。
After a serious illness, he became as thin as a rake.
Zài在
jī饥
huāng荒
de的
nián年
dài代
，
hěn很
duō多
rén人
è饿
dé得
gǔ骨
shòu瘦
rú如
chái柴
。
During the famine years, many people were reduced to skin and bones.
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Zhào照
piàn片
lǐ里
de的
hái孩
zi子
kàn看
qǐ起
lái来
gǔ骨
shòu瘦
rú如
chái柴
，
fēi非
cháng常
kě可
lián怜
。
The child in the photo looked terribly skinny and very pitiful.
Bié别
wèi为
le了
jiǎn减
féi肥
bǎ把
zì自
jǐ己
gǎo搞
dé得
gǔ骨
shòu瘦
rú如
chái柴
，
jiàn健
kāng康
gèng更
zhòng重
yào要
。
Don't starve yourself until you're just skin and bones for the sake of weight loss; health is more important.