duàn​cháng

heartbroken

  • created sense approved 断肠/斷腸 · duàn​cháng · heartbroken — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    断肠 / 斷腸

    duàn​cháng

    heartbroken

    overwhelmed with extreme grief or sorrow; heartbroken

    断, 肠

    断 (literal) → 断/斷 · duàn · to break 肠 (literal) → 肠/腸 · cháng · feelings

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 断肠/斷腸 · duàn​cháng · to cut open the intestines — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    断肠 / 斷腸

    duàn​cháng

    to cut open the intestines

    (literary) to surgically cut or open the intestines, as in ancient medical practice

    断, 肠

    断 (literal) → 断/斷 · duàn · to break 肠 (literal) → 肠/腸 · cháng · intestines

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

    created sense