雞骨支床

See also: 鸡骨支床

Chinese

chicken bone; skinny, bony body; gaunt figure
(a measure word); to support; to sustain
(a measure word); to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money
 
 bed; couch; (a measure word)
trad. (雞骨支床/雞骨支牀) 雞骨 支 床/牀
simp. (鸡骨支床) 鸡骨 支 床

Etymology

The original meaning was that, when relatives died, people would grieve excessively and become thin and weary on sleeping mats. Later used by analogy to mean that people could finish their filial duty if they attended their parents' funeral(s). Also means "very thin".

Pronunciation

Idiom

雞骨支床

  1. very thin; gaunt; emaciated
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