lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short; broken-hearted (idiom)
trad. 柔腸寸斷
Also written 柔腸寸斷【róu cháng cùn duàn】
Characters in this word
4柔
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soft, flexible, supple, yielding, rho (Greek letter Ρρ)
- Pinyin
- róu
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 35342 of 2500
肠
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intestines
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 腸
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 34391 of 2500
寸
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a unit of length, inch, thumb
- Pinyin
- cùn
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 15323 of 2500
断
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to break, to snap, to cut off, to give up or abstain from sth, to judge, (usu. used in the negative) absolutely, definitely, decidedly
- Pinyin
- duàn
- Traditional
- 斷
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3778 of 2500