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.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 撕心裂肺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撕裂 | sī liè | to tear; to rip apart |
| 撕毁 (撕毀) | sī huǐ | to tear up; to rip up |
| 撕碎 | sī suì | to tear to shreds |
| 撕破 | sī pò | to tear; to rip |
| 撕掉 | sī diào | to tear out (and throw away); to rip away |
| 撕烂 (撕爛) | sī làn | to tear up; to tear to pieces |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
| 分裂 | fēn liè | to split up; to divide |
| 肺炎 | fèi yán | pneumonia; 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.