柔肠寸断 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short
• broken-hearted

Character by character

• 柔róusoft, supple; gentle; flexible
• 肠chángintestines; emotions; sausage
• 寸cùninch; small, tiny
• 断duànto sever, to cut off, to interrupt

Idioms sharing a character

• 以柔克刚 yǐ róu kè gāng
• 刚柔并济 gāng róu bìng jì
• 柔情侠骨 róu qíng xiá gǔ
• 柔情脉脉 róu qíng mò mò
• 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
• 牵肠挂肚 qiān cháng guà dù

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