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骨瘦如柴

thin as a rake

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

gu3shou4ru2chai2 • gǔshòurúchái

Meaning

Primary

thin as a rake

Alternatives

thin as a rail, thin as a match, thin as firewood, bag of bones

Mnemonic

Someone who is as 骨瘦如柴 thin as a rake is so 瘦 thin that you can see their 骨 bones which 如 are like small pieces of fragile 柴 firewood.

Usage

那 个 小男孩 骨瘦如柴。

That little boy is as thin as a rake.

战争 让 很多 人 骨瘦如柴。

War has made many people as thin as a rake.

他 因为 生病 骨瘦如柴。

He is as thin as a rake because of illness.