Pull the tendon and cut the bone
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ó J ī ng ē g ǔ, meaning to lift tendons and peel skin. It's from the book of Wang long, the governor of Shanghai.
The origin of Idioms
Su Shi of the Song Dynasty wrote in the book of Wang long, the governor of the Supreme People's Republic of China: "since he was nearly a year old, the people of Shu didn't know that they were diligent and compassionate
Analysis of Idioms
Skin lifting
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences
Pull the tendon and cut the bone
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