Lick the skin and discuss the bone(shì pí lùn gǔ)

Lick the skin and discuss the bone

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ì P í L ù ng ǔ, which means to describe people who only see a superficial phenomenon and then make comments. It comes from the sequel to the sequel of Huagai: maritime communications.

Idiom explanation

Lick: lick.

The origin of Idioms

"As for weeds, it's hard to say whether it will be done or not. It's probably not necessary to do it any more, so as to save people from relying on their confidants and licking their skin and bones."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, object and attribute. All boasters have the trouble of licking the skin and discussing the bone.

Chinese PinYin : shì pí lùn gǔ