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骨鲠之臣

gǔ gěng zhī chén

4-character word Traditional 骨鯁之臣

What 骨鲠之臣 means

1. lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism

The characters in 骨鲠之臣

• 骨gǔbone
• 鲠gěngto choke on a piece of food
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 臣chénstate official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant…