骨頭

骨頭

1. (anatomy) bone

   骨頭錯位／骨头错位  ―  gǔtóu cuòwèi  ―  bone misalignment

   • 天生繡繡　地生縵縵　水生骨頭 [MSC, trad.]
     天生绣绣　地生缦缦　水生骨头 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1921, James Hutson, Chinese Life in the Tibetan Foothills/Riddles and Ditties

     tiān shēng xiùxiù, dì shēng mànmàn, shuǐ shēng gǔtóu [Pinyin]

     Heaven produces the variegated, Earth begets the unadorned, Water begets bones.

2. (figurative) character; personal quality
3. (figurative) moral character or backbone; courageous spirit

   • 魯迅的骨頭是最硬的，他沒有絲毫的奴顏和媚骨，這是殖民地半殖民地人民最可寶貴的性格。 [MSC, trad.]
     鲁迅的骨头是最硬的，他没有丝毫的奴颜和媚骨，这是殖民地半殖民地人民最可宝贵的性格。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Lǔ Xùn de gǔtou shì zuì yìng de, tā méiyǒu sīháo de núyán hé mèigǔ, zhè shì zhímíndì bànzhímíndì rénmín zuì kě bǎoguì de xìnggé. [Pinyin]

     Lu Xun was a man of unyielding integrity, free from all sycophancy or obsequiousness; this quality is invaluable among colonial and semi-colonial peoples.

4. (figurative, derogatory, often as a suffix) contemptible or morally corrupt person
5. (figurative) hint of sarcasm or dissatisfaction (in one's words)

   伊的話有骨。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   伊的话有骨。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   I ê ōe ū kut. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   There's a hit of something in his words.

• (bone): 骨 (gǔ); (Eastern Min) 骨骨

• Wutunhua: gutek