Grey body and chylous bone

Grey body and chylous bone

The Chinese idiom, Hu ī Q ū m í g ǔ in pinyin, means that the body is crushed to death. It refers to the loss of life for some purpose or danger. It comes from the official form of thanking father for Zhang's works.

The origin of Idioms

Chen Zi'ang of the Tang Dynasty wrote in the form of thanking his father for Zhang's works: "therefore, we have to live with unkindness and self encouragement, and hope to be effective in case of failure. We have to make up for our mistakes and pay for our kindness, lose our bodies and bones, and make a willing wish."

Idiom usage

As predicate, attribute, adverbial and object; used in figurative sentences.