切膚之痛
simp切肤之痛cit3 fu1 zi1 tung3qiè fū zhī tòng
English
- keenly felt pain
- bitter anguish
- pain of cutting skin; figuratively: deep pain, sorrow and suffering
粵語 — Cantonese
- 極之難受嘅打擊、折磨,如同切走皮膚嘅痛苦
Examples
我哋未必能夠完全理解死難者家屬嘅切膚之痛。
We may not be able to fully understand the actual pain suffered by the victims' families.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk