"skin and bones" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 皮包骨

Definition

用來形容某人非常瘦，彷彿只有皮包著骨頭。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

這是非正式用語，常帶有關心或驚訝的語氣。多用於因生病或營養不良變得極瘦的人。避免冒犯他人時使用。

Examples

After being sick for weeks, he was just skin and bones.

生病了幾個禮拜後，他全身只剩**皮包骨**。

The stray dog was skin and bones when we found it.

我們發現那隻流浪狗時，它已經是**皮包骨**了。

She looks skin and bones because she hasn't been eating.

她看起來**皮包骨**，因為一直沒喫東西。

Wow, you’re skin and bones! Are you feeling alright?

哇，你都變成**皮包骨**了！你還好嗎？

Ever since he started that extreme diet, he’s turned into skin and bones.

自從開始那個極端的飲食後，他變成**皮包骨**了。

I barely recognized him—he’s literally skin and bones now.

我差點認不出他——他現在真的成了**皮包骨**。