heartbroken; overwhelmed with grief
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
heartbroken; to be overwhelmed with grief; sorrow so deep it feels like one's liver and intestines are cut to pieces
literaryA highly literary and vivid idiom used to describe extreme, physically felt grief, often due to separation, loss, or deep sorrow. It is more intense than common expressions like '伤心'.
Tīng听
dào到
zhì挚
yǒu友
qù去
shì世
de的
xiāo消
xi息
，
tā他
gān肝
cháng肠
cùn寸
duàn断
，
shù数
rì日
bù不
néng能
jìn进
shí食
。
Upon hearing the news of his close friend's death, he was heartbroken and couldn't eat for days.
Yǔ与
ài爱
rén人
fēn分
bié别
shí时
，
nà那
zhǒng种
gān肝
cháng肠
cùn寸
duàn断
de的
gǎn感
jué觉
ràng让
tā她
lèi泪
rú如
yǔ雨
xià下
。
The heart-wrenching feeling of parting from her lover made her tears fall like rain.
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Kàn看
dào到
zāi灾
qū区
de的
cǎn惨
zhuàng状
，
jì记
zhě者
men们
wú无
bù不
gǎn感
dào到
gān肝
cháng肠
cùn寸
duàn断
。
Upon seeing the devastation in the disaster area, all the reporters were overwhelmed with grief.