柔肠寸断
róu​cháng​cùn​duàn

brokenhearted

  • created sense approved 柔肠寸断/柔腸寸斷 · róu​cháng​cùn​duàn · brokenhearted — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    柔肠寸断 / 柔腸寸斷

    róu​cháng​cùn​duàn

    brokenhearted

    Literally meaning "to feel as if one's soft intestines have been cut into pieces"; used to describe extreme grief or being overwhelmed by sorrow.

    柔肠 (literal) → 柔肠/柔腸 · róu​cháng · tender heart 寸断 (literal) → 寸断/寸斷 · cùn​duàn · to break into pieces

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