骨に刻み、肝に銘ずる
Japanese
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 • (hone ni kizami, kimo ni meizuru)
- To have one's resolve carved on the forehead.
References
- The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.