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Chinese language progresses from characters to idioms. This free guide explains the advanced idiom 「瘦骨嶙嶙」 for better learning.

This feature highlights the idiom 「瘦骨嶙嶙」, with its meaning and examples shown below.

Describes a person or animal who is thin and bony.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shòu gǔ lín lín

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sau3 gwat1 leun4 leun4

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