切肤之痛 qiè fū zhī tòng

keenly felt pain; bitter anguish

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 48508th word

Definitions

  1. 1. keenly felt pain
  2. 2. bitter anguish

Characters

Character Meaning
切 qiè HSK 4
close to; definitely; absolutely (not)
肤 fū HSK 4
skin
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
痛 tòng HSK 5
pain; ache; sorrow