To the bone
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is f ě NSH ē nhu ī g ǔ, which means that the body is crushed to death. It refers to the loss of life for a certain purpose or danger. It is the same as "smashing the body to pieces". It's from Youxian cave.
The origin of Idioms
Zhang Zhuo of the Tang Dynasty wrote in "Youxian cave" that "the jade food is very rare. It's very thick and can't be rewarded."
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, attribute, adverbial and object.
To the bone
consider that past is wrong and present is right - fēi xī shì jīn
the lively and vigorous movement of penmanship -- fine calligraphy - luán fēi fèng zhù
deliberately embellish the facts - yǒu zhī tiān yè