骨瘦如柴

Traditional form:

骨瘦如柴

Pinyin (reading):

gǔshòurúchái

Definitions:

• as thin as a match
• emaciated (idiom)

Characters:

• 骨 - bone; skeleton; frame, framework
• 瘦 - thin, lean, emaciated; meager
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 柴 - firewood, faggots, fuel; surname

Traditional characters:

• 骨 - bone; skeleton; frame, framework
• 瘦 - thin, lean, emaciated; meager
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 柴 - firewood, faggots, fuel; surname