刻骨銘心

See also: 刻骨铭心

Chinese

		deep-rooted; ingrained; entrenched	to be engraved on one's heart; to never forget
trad. (刻骨銘心)		刻骨	銘心
simp. (刻骨铭心)		刻骨	铭心
Literally: “carved on one's bones and engraved in one's heart”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kègǔmíngxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ gwat¹ ming⁵ sam¹, hak¹ gwat¹ ming⁴ sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kègǔmíngxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kègǔmíngsin
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-ku³-ming²-hsin¹
  - Yale: kè-gǔ-míng-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehguumingshin
  - Palladius: кэгуминсинь (kɛguminsinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hak¹ gwat¹ ming⁵ sam¹, hak¹ gwat¹ ming⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: hāk gwāt míhng sām, hāk gwāt mìhng sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ gwat⁷ ming⁵ sam¹, hak⁷ gwat⁷ ming⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ gued¹ ming⁵ sem¹, heg¹ gued¹ ming⁴ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ¹³ sɐm⁵⁵/, /hɐk̚⁵ kʷɐt̚⁵ mɪŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

刻骨銘心

unforgettable; etched in one's memory

Descendants

→ Japanese: 骨(ほね)に刻(きざ)み、肝(きも)に銘(めい)ずる (hone ni kizami, kimo ni meizuru) (calque)

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