Chinese symbol for “anguished”
揪心扒肝
jiū xīn bā gān
(idiom) extremely anxious; anguished
The closest CC-CEDICT match for anguished is 揪心扒肝 (jiū xīn bā gān), defined as: (idiom) extremely anxious; anguished.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 揪心扒肝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 揪出 | jiū chū | to uncover; to ferret out (the culprit) |
| 揪心 | jiū xīn | lit. grips the heart; worried |
| 揪住 | jiū zhù | to grab |
| 揪斗 (揪鬥) | jiū dòu | to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution) |
| 揪心揪肺 | jiū xīn jiū fèi | heart-wrenching |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
| 关心 (關心) | guān xīn | to be concerned about; to care about |
| 扒开 (扒開) | bā kāi | to pry open or apart; to spread (sth) open with both hands |
| 肝脏 (肝臟) | gān zàng | liver |
See also: Japanese symbol for “anguished”.
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.