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五内如焚
wǔ​nèi​rú​fén

to be consumed with anxiety

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 五内 五內 wǔ​nèi
    viscera
    (literary) the five internal organs (heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys), referring to the viscera as a whole
  2. 如 rú preposition
    to be like
    to be like; to be similar to; as if
  3. 焚 fén verb
    to burn
    to burn; to set on fire; to be consumed by fire