皮肉之苦 in English pi2 rou4 zhi1 ku3 Meaning

Meanings

• physical pain
• literally (word for word) skin and flesh suffer

Pinyin

pi2 rou4 zhi1 ku3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

皮pi2surname Pi 肉rou4meat 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 苦ku3bitter