刻骨铭心

刻骨銘心
kègǔ-míngxīn
idiom #26,902

Meanings

  1. 1 etched in one's memory
  2. 2 deeply engraved on one's heart
  3. 3 unforgettable

Examples

HSK 2
Tāmen de àiqíng kègǔ-míngxīn.
Their love was deeply engraved in their hearts.
HSK 6
Nà duàn jīnglì ràng tā kègǔ-míngxīn, zhōngshēn nánwàng.
That experience was etched deeply in her heart and impossible to forget for life.

Tips

memory
= 'to engrave,' = 'bone,' = 'to inscribe' (as in a metal inscription), = 'heart.' The idiom pictures something so profound it is carved into your bones and inscribed on your heart.

Stroke Order

míng
xīn