Bone cold and hair erect

Bone cold and hair erect

Guhanmaoli, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ǔ h á nm á OSH ù, which means very afraid. It comes from Yan Zhitui's family precepts, Mingshi, in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Yan Zhitui's "Yan Family Precepts · Mingshi" in the Northern Qi Dynasty said: "it's written by later generations and passed down to thousands of generations. It can be said that the bones are cold and the hair is bristling."

Idiom usage

It means that people are afraid. example he was scared to the bone.