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Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「切膚之痛」, explained below.

Discover the idiom 「切膚之痛」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

Skin-to-skin: personal, personally. Personally experienced pain. A metaphor for deep feelings.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qiē fū zhī tòng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chit3 fu1 ji1 tung3

Chinese idioms come in large numbers, with diverse meanings and usages, offering endless learning opportunities. We hope these resources make it easier for you to study Chinese.