| 骨鲠在喉 |
gǔ gěng zài hóu |
fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly / sth on one's mind |
| 骨 |
gū |
used in 骨碌碌 / used in 骨碌 |
| 骨 |
gǔ |
bone |
| 骨鲠 |
gǔ gěng |
fish bone / bone stuck in the throat / sth one feels obliged to speak out about / candid speaker |
| 鲠 |
gěng |
to choke on a piece of food |
| 鲠 |
gěng |
to choke on a piece of food / (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat |
| 在 |
zài |
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 喉 |
hóu |
throat / larynx |