A humorous way to describe a person who is thin

Words used to describe people who are very thin include: skinny, skinny, weak, pointed mouth, monkey cheeks, sallow complexion, and haggard.

1. Skinny (shòu gǔ lín xún): describes a person or animal that is skinny and exposed.

Source: Xiuwei saw a bare-chested, skinny child laborer, carrying a dustpan of mud, struggling to walk on a suspended springboard. ——Chapter 18 of "Small Town Spring and Autumn" by Gao Yunlan

Example sentence: This time, the skinny black dog's howling actually made the haggard old horse prick up its ears. ——Wang Meng's "Motley Colors".

2. Skinny (gǔ shòu rú chái): describes extremely thin.

Origin: Thin as a jackal. Jackal; firewood. ——Lu Dian, Song Dynasty, "Piya·Shi Beast"

Example sentence: Due to lack of nutrition, the little carrot head grew as thin as a stick. ——"Red Rock"

3. Weak beyond clothing (ruò bù shèng yī): win: withstand. Describes a person who is so thin that he cannot even bear clothes.

Origin: The temples are as straight as a halberd; the body is too weak to wear clothes. ——Yuan Sadula's "Yanmen Collection"

Sentence creation: Lin Daiyu, described by Cao Xueqin, is a frail and sentimental woman.

4. Jiān zuǐ hóu sāi: Ji: cheek. Sharp mouth, thin cheeks. Describes a person's appearance as ugly and vulgar.

Source: For a sharp-mouthed monkey like you, you should urinate and take a look at yourself! ——Wu Jingzi of the Qing Dynasty, "The Scholars"

Sentences: He has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and is as skinny as wood. He idles around all day and does not do serious things.

5.

Miàn huáng jī shòu (miàn huáng jī shòu): The face is yellow and the body is thin. Describes the appearance of a person who is malnourished or sick.

Origin: Eyes with crooked cheeks; face with sallow complexion and thin appearance. ——"Huo Guanggui's Remonstrance" by Yang Zi of the Yuan Dynasty

Sentence: During the three years of natural disasters, due to lack of food and clothing, everyone was so hungry that they looked yellow and skinny.

6. Describe haggard (xíng róng kū gǎo): haggard: withered, withered. The body is thin, the spirit is listless, and the complexion is sallow.

Origin: The color is haggard; the face is withered. ——Qu Yuan's "The Fisherman"

Sentence: After she fell ill, she looked haggard and withered.

Sentences:

1. On the thin eyelids, there is a long nose, like a standing blade.

2. The hand was thin and clear, as if made of bronze. It seems to have an edge.

3. The old man didn’t have much meat on his body and was as skinny as an old osprey. But his tanned face and short gray beard were particularly energetic, and his pair of deep-set eyes were particularly bright. It is rare to see such sharp and bright eyes, except in Baiyangdian.

4. The direct target of Digg's sarcasm was his communications officer, a skinny, gloomy Southerner.

5. The bones are like the stacked mountains, the fingers are like the dry branches, and the whole body is like the tough iron tower.