骨鲠 (骨鯁) gǔjiān
gǔjiān
noun
fish bone; bone stuck in the throat; something one feels obliged to speak out about; candid speaker
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '骨鯁')
Contained in
- 骨鲠之臣(骨鯁之臣) fish bone of a minister; person one can rely on for candid criticism
- 骨鲠在喉(骨鯁在喉) fish bone stuck in one's throat; to feel obliged to speak out candidly; sth on one's mind
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- 卷十六 列傳第四: 道武七王 明元六王 太武五王 Volume 16 Biographies 4: Daowu's Seven Sons, Mingyuan's Six Sons, Taiwu's Five Sons History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 2
- 卷六十三 列傳第十三: 封倫 蕭瑀 裴矩 宇文士及 Volume 63 Biographies 13: Feng Lun, Xiao Yu, Pei Ju, Yuwen Shiji Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
- 卷三十九 列傳第二十七: 薛安都 劉休賓 房法壽 畢眾敬 羊祉 Volume 39 Biographies 27: Xue Andou, Liu Xiubin, Fang Fashou, Bi Zhongjing, Yan Zhi History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 2
- 卷18 太武五王 Volume 18: Emperor Taiwu's Five Princes Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 2
- 卷三百八十七 列傳第一百四十六 黃洽 汪應辰 王十朋 吳芾 陳良翰 杜莘老 Volume 387 Biographies 146: Huang Qia, Wang Yingchen, Wang Shipeng, Wu Fei, Chen Lianghan, Du Shenlao History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 卷一百五十二 列傳第七十七 張姜武李宋 Volume 152 Biographies 77: Zhang, Jiang, Wu, Li, Song New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 2
- 卷66 列傳第31 李諤 鮑宏 裴政 柳莊 源師 郎茂 高構 張虔威 榮毗 陸知命 房彥謙 Volume 66 Biographies 31: Li E, Hao Hong, Pei Zheng, Liu Zhuang, Yuan Shi, Lang Mao, Gao Gou, Zhang Qianwei, Rong Pi, Lu Zhiming, Fang Yanqian Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 2
- 卷八十九 列傳第三十九: 狄仁傑 王方慶 姚璹 Volume 89 Biographies 39: Di Renjie, Wang Fangqing, Yao Shu Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
- 卷二十七 列傳第十七 孔靖 孔琳之 殷景仁 Volume 27 Biographies 17: Kong Jing, Kong Linzhi, Yin Jingren History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
- 卷一百九十中 列傳第一百四十中: 文苑中 Volume 190 Biographies 140: Men of Letters 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 骨鲠敢 (骨鯁敢) 雖有骨鯁敢言之士 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百六十六 列傳第一百十六: 元稹 白居易 Volume 166 Biographies 116: Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi — count: 5
- 骨鲠臣 (骨鯁臣) 乃遣骨鯁臣衞尉辛毗杖節為軍師以制之 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一 帝紀第一 高祖宣帝 Volume 1 Annals 1: Emperor Xuan — count: 5
- 任骨鲠 (任骨鯁) 陳不任骨鯁 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷66 列傳第31 李諤 鮑宏 裴政 柳莊 源師 郎茂 高構 張虔威 榮毗 陸知命 房彥謙 Volume 66 Biographies 31: Li E, Hao Hong, Pei Zheng, Liu Zhuang, Yuan Shi, Lang Mao, Gao Gou, Zhang Qianwei, Rong Pi, Lu Zhiming, Fang Yanqian — count: 3
- 樑骨鲠 (樑骨鯁) 棟樑骨鯁 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷6 帝紀第6 武帝下 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Wu 2 — count: 3
- 乏骨鲠 (乏骨鯁) 乏骨鯁之良輔 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二百九十七 列傳第五十六 孔道輔 鞠詠 劉隨 曹修古 郭勸 段少連 Volume 297 Biographies 56: Kong Daofu, Ju Yong, Liu Sui, Cao Xiugu, Guo Quan, Duan Shaolian — count: 3
- 骨鲠士 (骨鯁士) 骨鯁士也 — History of the Southern Dynasties 南史, 卷八十 列傳第七十 賊臣 Volume 80 Biographies 70: Treacherous Officials — count: 3
- 瑀骨鲠 (瑀骨鯁) 蕭瑀骨鯁亮直 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷六十三 列傳第十三: 封倫 蕭瑀 裴矩 宇文士及 Volume 63 Biographies 13: Feng Lun, Xiao Yu, Pei Ju, Yuwen Shiji — count: 2
- 骨鲠可 (骨鯁可) 骨鯁可任 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十五 李王鄧來列傳 Volume 15: Biographies of Li, Wang, Deng, Lai — count: 2
- 骨鲠大臣 (骨鯁大臣) 骨鯁大臣 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷九 本紀第九: 玄宗下 Volume 9 Annals 9: Xuanzong 2 — count: 2
- 言骨鲠 (言骨鯁) 絳言骨鯁 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷一百五十二 列傳第七十七 張姜武李宋 Volume 152 Biographies 77: Zhang, Jiang, Wu, Li, Song — count: 2