眼穿肠断
yǎn​chuān​cháng​duàn

to wait anxiously

  • created sense approved 眼穿肠断/眼穿腸斷 · yǎn​chuān​cháng​duàn · to wait anxiously — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    眼穿肠断 / 眼穿腸斷

    yǎn​chuān​cháng​duàn

    to wait anxiously

    (idiom) to wait with extreme longing or to be heartbroken with expectation; literally, eyes wear through and intestines break

    眼穿 (literal) → 眼穿 · yǎn​chuān · to await anxiously 肠断 (literal) → 肠断/腸斷 · cháng​duàn · heartbroken

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