眼穿肠断 yǎnchuānchángduàn to wait anxiously Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 眼穿 yǎnchuān to await anxiously To await anxiously or expect eagerly; synonymous with the idiom 望眼欲穿 wàngyǎnyùchuān肠断 腸斷 chángduàn heartbroken To be extremely grieved or distressed; the same as 断肠 duàncháng