哀毀骨立

Chinese

			extremely thin
trad. (哀毀骨立)		哀毀	骨立
simp. (哀毁骨立)		哀毁	骨立

Etymology

仲雄曰：「和嶠雖備禮，神氣不損；王戎雖不備禮，而哀毀骨立。臣以和嶠生孝，王戎死孝。陛下不應憂嶠，而應憂戎。」 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

仲雄曰：「和峤虽备礼，神气不损；王戎虽不备礼，而哀毁骨立。臣以和峤生孝，王戎死孝。陛下不应忧峤，而应忧戎。」 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5^th century CE

Zhòngxióng yuē: “Héqiáosuībèilǐ, shénqìbùsǔn; wángróngsuībùbèilǐ, ér'āihuǐgǔlì. Chényǐhéqiáoshēngxiào, wángróngsǐxiào. Bìxiàbùyìngyōuqiáo, éryìngyōuróng.” [Pinyin]

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āihuǐgǔlì

(Zhuyin): ㄞㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āihuǐgǔlì [Phonetic: āihuígǔlì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄞㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: aihuěigǔlì
  - Wade–Giles: ai¹-hui³-ku³-li⁴
  - Yale: āi-hwěi-gǔ-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aihoeiguulih
  - Palladius: айхуэйгули (ajxuejguli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/

Idiom

哀毀骨立

to be emaciated with grief at one's parents' death

Synonyms

哀毀瘠立／哀毁瘠立 (āihuǐjílì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
哀	毀	骨	立
あい Grade: S	き Grade: S	こつ Grade: 6	りつ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Yojijukugo (四字熟語) from the Literary Chinese work A New Account of the Tales of the World, in the chapter 德行.

Compound of 哀毀(あいき) (aiki, “emaciation due to lamentation”) + 骨立(こつりつ) (kotsuritsu, “visibility of the bones due to the emaciation”)

Idiom

哀(あい)毀(き)骨(こつ)立(りつ) • (aiki kotsuritsu) (literary)

to be emaciated with grief at one's parents' death

References

“哀毀骨立”, in 漢検四字熟語辞典 (Kanken Yojijukugo Jiten, “Kanji Kentei Four-Character-Idiom Dictionary”) (in Japanese), second edition, Tōkyō: Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2012, →ISBN, page 61