白骨精 |
Bái gǔ jīng |
White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西游记) / (fig.) sly and cunning person |
白 |
Bái |
surname Bai |
白 |
bái |
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera |
白骨 |
bái gǔ |
bones of the dead |
骨 |
gū |
used in 骨碌碌 / used in 骨碌 |
骨 |
gǔ |
bone |
精 |
jīng |
essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) |