五內如焚
wǔ​nèi​rú​fén

to be consumed with anxiety

  • created sense approved 五内如焚/五內如焚 · wǔ​nèi​rú​fén · to be consumed with anxiety — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    五内如焚 / 五內如焚

    wǔ​nèi​rú​fén

    to be consumed with anxiety

    literally "the five viscera are burning like fire"; used to describe being extremely anxious, worried, or grief-stricken

    五内 (literal) → 五内/五內 · wǔ​nèi · viscera 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 焚 (literal) → 焚 · fén · to burn

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense