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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	鲠喉	鯁喉	gěng hóu	geng3 hou2	to choke on a piece of food etc
2	鲠	鯁	gěng	geng3	to choke on a piece of food; to choke on a piece of food; (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat
3	鲠直	鯁直	gěng zhí	geng3 zhi2	variant of 耿直
4	骨鲠	骨鯁	gǔ gěng	gu3 geng3	fish bone; bone stuck in the throat; sth one feels obliged to speak out about; candid speaker
5	骨鲠在喉	骨鯁在喉	gǔ gěng zài hóu	gu3 geng3 zai4 hou2	fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly; sth on one's mind
6	骨鲠之臣	骨鯁之臣	gǔ gěng zhī chén	gu3 geng3 zhi1 chen2	lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
7	如鲠在喉	如鯁在喉	rú gěng zài hóu	ru2 geng3 zai4 hou2	lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure