柔肠寸断 — Chinese idiom
柔肠寸断
róu cháng cùn duàn
Traditional: 柔腸寸斷
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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