slightly-built; petite

thin and weak

to waste away; to become thin

(idiom) as thin as a match; emaciated

thin person

thin; lean; slender; skinny; (of cheeks) hollow

wizened; skinny and shriveled

to lose weight dramatically

meager

slim

lean meat

to lose weight (intentionally); to slim down; (fig.) to downsize (a business, project etc)

slim

thin; emaciated

(coll.) lean (figure, meat etc); slender

slender; slim as a thread

Zhou Shoujuan (1895-1968), writer, translator and art collector in Suzhou, a victim of the Cultural Revolution

emaciated; scrawny

thin; scrawny; emaciated

leanness-enhancing agent (for livestock)

(idiom) to cherry-pick; to pick the best parts for oneself; to be choosy

(idiom) emaciated; scrawny

skinny; emaciated (idiom)

bony; skinny

see 面黃肌瘦|面黄肌瘦[mian4 huang2 ji1 shou4]

(lit.) face yellow and body emaciated (idiom); (fig.) malnourished and sickly in appearance

variant of 骨瘦如柴[gu3 shou4 ru2 chai2]

one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat); stature

lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom); fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people; a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people