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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「痛心切骨」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

The pain penetrates into the bones. Describes extreme grief and anger. It also describes the extreme degree of pain.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tòng xīn qiē gǔ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tung3 sam1 chit3 gwat1

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