心如刀绞
xīn​rú​dāo​jiǎo

heartbroken

  • created reference approved 心如刀绞/心如刀絞 → 心如刀割 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    心如刀绞 / 心如刀絞 xīn​rú​dāo​jiǎo

    心如刀割 xīn​rú​dāo​gē

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 心如刀绞/心如刀絞 · xīn​rú​dāo​jiǎo · heartbroken — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    心如刀绞 / 心如刀絞

    xīn​rú​dāo​jiǎo

    heartbroken

    to feel extreme pain as if a knife were being twisted in one's heart

    心 (literal) → 心 · xīn · heart 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 刀 (literal) → 刀 · dāo · knife 绞 (literal) → 绞/絞 · jiǎo · to twist

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

    created sense