like a crane 's bone and a fowl 's skin(hè gǔ jī fū)
Time: 2022-01-31 00:39:38 Author: ChinaWiki.net
like a crane 's bone and a fowl 's skin
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h è g ǔ J ī f ū, meaning Lingding thin bone, wrinkled skin, describes old age. From the book of the sick.
The origin of Idioms
Wang Yan of Song Dynasty wrote a poem in the book of disease: "crane bone and chicken skin are not cold resistant, and scabies are worse."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used of the elderly. You see, this guy is bent back, but he's not good. He's a serious "Yang School". Fiction monthly, 1984, issue 10
Chinese PinYin : hè gǔ jī fū
like a crane 's bone and a fowl 's skin
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