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伤筋断骨

shāng jīn duàn gǔdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to suffer serious injury (idiom)
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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-fce725f3107544fe. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

傷筋斷骨 伤筋断骨 [shang1 jin1 duan4 gu3] /to suffer serious injury (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 傷筋斷骨

  • 伤
    shāng

    to injure / injury / wound

  • 筋
    jīn

    muscle / tendon / veins visible under the skin / sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)

  • 断
    duàn

    to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly

  • 骨
    gū

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

    gǔ

    bone

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.