骨に刻み、肝に銘ずる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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Etymology

From Middle Chinese 刻骨銘心. Literally "carved on one's bones and set in one's liver."

Idiom

骨に刻み、肝に銘ずる (hiragana ほねにきざみ、きもにめいずる, rōmaji hone ni kizami, kimo ni meizuru)

  1. To have one's resolve carved on the forehead.

References

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