寸断
cùn​duàn

to break into pieces

  • created sense approved 寸断/寸斷 · cùn​duàn · to break into pieces — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寸断 / 寸斷

    cùn​duàn

    to break into pieces

    To break or shatter into tiny pieces; often used to describe extreme emotional pain or grief when paired with words for intestines or heart, such as [[肝肠|肝腸|gan1 chang2]] or [[柔肠|柔腸|rou2 chang2]]

    寸 (literal) → 寸 · cùn · very little 断 (literal) → 断/斷 · duàn · to break

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

    created sense