牵肠挂肚 — Chinese idiom
牵肠挂肚
qiān cháng guà dù
Traditional: 牽腸掛肚
Meaning
- deeply worried ; to feel anxious
Character by character
- 牵qiānto drag, to pull, to lead by the hand
- 肠chángintestines; emotions; sausage
- 挂guàto suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense
- 肚dùbelly; abdomen, bowels
Idioms sharing a character
- 无牵无挂 wú qiān wú guà
- 牵强附会 qiān qiǎng fù huì
- 牵羊担酒 qiān yáng dān jiǔ
- 顺手牵羊 shùn shǒu qiān yáng
- 魂牵梦萦 hún qiān mèng yíng
- 互诉衷肠 hù sù zhōng cháng
- 小肚鸡肠 xiǎo dù jī cháng
- 愁肠百结 chóu cháng bǎi jié
- 搜索枯肠 sōu suǒ kū cháng
- 搜肠刮肚 sōu cháng guā dù
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