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Chinese symbol for “agonizing”

撕心裂肺
sī xīn liè fèi
in unbearable anguish; agonizing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for agonizing is 撕心裂肺 (sī xīn liè fèi), defined as: in unbearable anguish; agonizing.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

撕 sī
to rip, to tear; to buy cloth
radical 64 ⼿ · 15 strokes
心 xīn
heart; mind; soul
radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes
裂 liè
to split, to rend; crevice, crack
radical 145 ⾐ · 12 strokes
肺 fèi
lungs
radical 130 ⾁ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 撕心裂肺.

WordPinyinMeaning
撕裂sī lièto tear; to rip apart
撕毁 (撕毀)sī huǐto tear up; to rip up
撕碎sī suìto tear to shreds
撕破sī pòto tear; to rip
撕掉sī diàoto tear out (and throw away); to rip away
撕烂 (撕爛)sī lànto tear up; to tear to pieces
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
担心 (擔心)dān xīnanxious; worried
分裂fēn lièto split up; to divide
肺炎fèi yánpneumonia; inflammation of the lungs

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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