碎心裂胆 — Chinese idiom
碎心裂胆
suì xīn liè dǎn
Traditional: 碎心裂膽
Meaning
- in mortal fear
Character by character
- 碎suìto break, to smash; broken, busted
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 裂lièto split, to rend; crevice, crack
- 胆dǎngallbladder; gall, guts, courage
Idioms sharing a character
- 支离破碎 zhī lí pò suì
- 碎尸万段 suì shī wàn duàn
- 粉身碎骨 fěn shēn suì gǔ
- 零打碎敲 líng dǎ suì qiāo
- 零敲碎打 líng qiāo suì dǎ
- 一心一德 yī xīn yī dé
- 一心二用 yī xīn èr yòng
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
- 三心二意 sān xīn èr yì
- 人心不古 rén xīn bù gǔ
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