| 切肤之痛 |
qiè fū zhī tòng |
keenly felt pain / bitter anguish |
| 切 |
qiē |
to cut; to slice; to carve / (math) tangential |
| 切 |
qiè |
definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters) |
| 肤 |
fū |
skin |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 痛 |
tòng |
ache / pain / sorrow / deeply / thoroughly |