cháng
duàn

literary
common

Meaning of 肠断

肠断 means to be heartbroken; to be grief-stricken; to be overcome with sorrow. Pronounced cháng duàn.

  • to be heartbroken; to be grief-stricken; to be overcome with sorrow

Definitions & Examples

qíng
jǐng
 
lìng
rén
cháng
duàn
 

This scene and these feelings make one utterly heartbroken.

Tīng
dào
è
hào
 
jìn
gān
cháng
cùn
duàn
 

Upon hearing the tragic news, she was overcome with unbearable grief.

shǒu
yuè
 
yīn
diào
měi
 
yǒu
duàn
cháng
zhī
tòng
 

That ancient music had a plaintively beautiful melody, evoking heart-wrenching pain.