Describes a person with hunched or shrunken shoulders and a shrivelled neck, often implying a thin, emaciated, or weary physique.
他因为长期劳累，身形消瘦，走路时常常耸膊成山，看起来非常疲惫。
Due to prolonged exhaustion, he became very thin, and when he walked, his shoulders often hunched into a mountain shape, making him look extremely tired.
Era:
Ancient
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Story:
During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong hosted a banquet for his ministers, where everyone enjoyed themselves with playful teasing and jesting.
Ouyang Shuai Geng, who was known for his very thin physique, became the subject of a poem by Duke Zhao Wuji.
The poem playfully ridiculed Ouyang's appearance, describing him with 'shoulders hunched into a mountain shape, head seemingly buried and not protruding.' The poem humorously questioned, 'On whose Qilin Pavilion, would such a macaque be painted?'
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