眼穿肠断

Traditional: 眼穿腸斷

yǎn chuān cháng duàn

Dictionary entry

waiting anxiously (idiom)

What does 眼穿肠断 mean?

眼穿肠断 (yǎn chuān cháng duàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1waiting anxiously (idiom)

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眼yǎneye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) · (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance 穿chuānto bore through; to pierce; to perforate · to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street)肠chángintestines 断duànto break · to snap

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眼穿肠断

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