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塚中枯骨
塚中枯骨
See also: 冢中枯骨
Chinese
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|- ! !mound
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middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
!dried up !bone |- !trad. (塚中枯骨) | 塚 | 中 | 枯 | 骨 |- !simp. (冢中枯骨) | 冢 | 中 | 枯 | 骨 |}
Idiom
塚中枯骨
- a deadbeat; a useless person; a person without any power or influence
- c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 11
- 孔融曰：「袁公路塚中枯骨，何足掛齒！」
- Kong Rong said, "Yuan Gonglu is a deadbeat; he's not even worth mentioning!"
- 孔融曰：「袁公路塚中枯骨，何足掛齒！」
- c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 11