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骨鲠在喉

gǔ gěng zài hóudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly / sth on one's mind
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-be09060a59c1db42. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

骨鯁在喉 骨鲠在喉 [gu3 geng3 zai4 hou2] /fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly/sth on one's mind/

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Other forms in these source records: 骨鯁在喉

  • 骨
    gū

    used in 骨碌碌[gū lù lù] / used in 骨碌[gū lu] / used in 骨朵[gū duo]

    gǔ

    bone

  • 鲠
    gěng

    to choke on a piece of food / (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat

  • 在
    zài

    to exist / to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

  • 喉
    hóu

    throat / larynx

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.