骨鲠之臣
Traditional form:
骨鯁之臣
Pinyin (reading):
gǔgěngzhīchén
Definitions:
- lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
Characters:
- 骨 - bone; skeleton; frame, framework
- 鲠 - fish bones; honest, upright
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 臣 - minister, statesman, official, vassal
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