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Knock bone marrow taken
  Explanation: Crack the bone, remove the bone marrow. ① Zen terms, means to seek Road, at the expense of self-mutilation. ② metaphor brutally exploited. Also as "Qiaoguxisui", "scraped the bone marrow aspiration," "knock marrow fat suction", "hammer Lek bone marrow," "suck suck marrow fat."
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  敲骨取髓
  qiāo gǔ qǔ suǐ
  〖解释〗敲碎骨头,取出骨髓。①禅宗用语,意指为了求道而不惜自残身体。②比喻残酷地剥削。亦作“敲骨吸髓”、“刮骨吸髓”、“敲脂吸髓”、“槌骨沥髓”、“吸髓吮脂”
  〖出处〗《祖堂集·达摩和尚》:“古人求法,敲骨取髓,刺血图像,布发淹泥,投崖饲虎。”
  〖事例〗先照后用有人在,先用后照有法在,照用同时,驱耕夫之牛,夺饥人之食,~,痛下针锥。 ★宋·释普济《五灯会元》卷十一