断弦
duàn​xián

to lose one's wife

duàn​xián to lose one's wife
  1. 断 斷 duàn verb
    to break
    to break or snap; to cut or sever into pieces
  2. 弦 xián
    wife
    (literary) a metaphor for a wife, used in terms related to her loss or remarriage

duàn​xián broken string
  1. 断 斷 duàn verb
    to break
    to break or snap; to cut or sever into pieces
  2. 弦 xián noun
    string
    the string of a musical instrument; (by extension) stringed instruments or music; (bound form) to play a stringed instrument; to bend or curve something