15 minutes; quarter-hour; literal meaning: a piece of bone; Cantonese slang, derived from the English word 'quarter', the pronunciation of 'quart' sounds similar to the Cantonese pronunciation of '骨' (gwat1)

one man succeeds ten thousand bones perish, which means a man's success is built upon scarifies of many people

three quarters / forty-five minutes (slang)

tacky; old-fashioned

(adjective) literally means 'no spine', to describe someone that stands / sits with poor posture or slouches; metaphorically to describe someone that lacks backbone / spineless; to describe something (such as a plan or a strategy) or someone that is unreliable

mutual enmity; describes a situation where two or more parties are always having issues with each other and having a sour relationship for a long time; literally 'their bones were mixed up in their past lives'

a lap seam, frequently used in tailoring

(slang) dependent child or elderly person, most commonly used to refer to children that have been raised by parents who have expended a lot of blood, sweat and tears (originally a mythical fish that would cause one to vanish when eaten)

a disloyal person who betrayed someone

(adjective) devoid of gratitude; ingratitude; ungrateful; to betray

hanger; it describes pants which are not long enough to cover the ankles, ankle pants; it describes locations which are remote, not easily accessible by public transportation

describes a person that dresses smartly and presentably

coccyx; tailbone

the corpse is still not cold yet, it means the person just passed away not long ago

noun; arm bone; bones of hand

an extortion; a highway robbery

removing of bones / bashing up one

noun; skinny man

noun;skinny person

to set a broken bone / a broken fracture

to massage

verb; massage

to exploit someone completely; to squeeze someone dry; to bleed someone dry

having bones / thorns; suggesting something innocent on the surface which is indeed an indirect insult / criticism

to describe someone as spineless

the tobacco leaf stem

roast spareribs

roast ribs

(verb) (of Knitting & Sewing) the line of junction sewed by two pieces of fabric along its margin is bursting; bursting at the seam

veal rib