眼穿肠断 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• waiting anxiously

Character by character

• 眼yǎneyelet, hole, opening
• 穿chuānto drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear
• 肠chángintestines; emotions; sausage
• 断duànto sever, to cut off, to interrupt

Idioms sharing a character

• 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn
• 一板三眼 yī bǎn sān yǎn
• 一眼看穿 yī yǎn kàn chuān
• 一饱眼福 yī bǎo yǎn fú
• 以眼还眼 yǐ yǎn huán yǎn
• 冷眼旁观 lěng yǎn páng guān
• 合眼摸象 hé yǎn mō xiàng
• 大开眼界 dà kāi yǎn jiè
• 手眼通天 shǒu yǎn tōng tiān
• 打马虎眼 dǎ mǎ hu yǎn

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