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切肤之痛

qiè fū zhī tòngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
keenly felt pain / bitter anguish
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-072795b6e2b456a7. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

切膚之痛 切肤之痛 [qie4 fu1 zhi1 tong4] /keenly felt pain/bitter anguish/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 切膚之痛

  • 切
    qiē

    to cut / to slice / to carve / (math.) tangential

    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[fǎn qiè] system should be applied to the previous two characters)

  • 肤
    fū

    skin

  • 之
    zhī

    (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it

  • 痛
    tòng

    ache / pain / sorrow / deeply / thoroughly

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.