To the bone
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is f ě NSH ē nhu ī g ǔ, which means that the body is crushed to death. It refers to the loss of life for a certain purpose or danger. It is the same as "smashing the body to pieces". It's from Youxian cave.
The origin of Idioms
Zhang Zhuo of the Tang Dynasty wrote in "Youxian cave" that "the jade food is very rare. It's very thick and can't be rewarded."
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, attribute, adverbial and object.
Chinese PinYin : fěn shēn huī gǔ
To the bone
when a thing reaches its extreme , it reverses its course. wù jí zé fǎn
Send a letter from a wild goose. jì yàn chuán shū
there is too much detail in one 's speech. xiē xiē zhē zhē
hear readily without comprehending what is heard. ěr shí zhī tán