瘦骨嶙峋 (shòu gǔ lín xún) — emaciated; extremely thin and bony (literary)
Definition
A literary idiom describing someone so thin that the bones show through the skin — far more emphatic and written than everyday 瘦.
idiom
emaciatedextremely thin and bony (literary)
Examples
- ，瘦骨嶙峋，。Tā shēng bìng yǐ hòu, biàn de shòu gǔ lín xún, ràng rén xīn téng.After he got sick, he became so emaciated that people felt sorry for him.
- 瘦骨嶙峋，。Nà zhī liú làng māo shòu gǔ lín xún, kàn qǐ lái hěn kě lián.That stray cat was nothing but skin and bones; it looked very pitiful.
- ，瘦骨嶙峋，。Tā wèi le jiǎn féi, xiàn zài shòu gǔ lín xún, yì diǎn dōu bú jiàn kāng.She's lost so much weight from dieting that she's now emaciated, which isn't healthy at all.
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