| 肉中刺 |
ròu zhōng cì |
a thorn in one's flesh |
| 肉 |
ròu |
meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130 |
| 中 |
Zhōng |
(bound form) China; Chinese / surname Zhong |
| 中 |
zhōng |
within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right |
| 中 |
zhòng |
to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery) |
| 刺 |
cī |
(onom.) whoosh |
| 刺 |
cì |
thorn / sting / thrust / to prick / to pierce / to stab / to assassinate / to murder |