刺 骨

cìgǔ

“Piercing” in Chinese is 刺骨 (cìgǔ).

Meaning

piercing
cutting
bone-chilling

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penetrating (cold)

Example

他感到寒气刺骨。

He was chilled to the bone.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

cìHSK 48 strokeswhoosh gǔHSK 49 strokesbone

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