肝肠寸断

Traditional: 肝腸寸斷

gān cháng cùn duàn

Dictionary entry

lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom)

What does 肝肠寸断 mean?

肝肠寸断 (gān cháng cùn duàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom)

2fig. grief-stricken

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肝gānliver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) · (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game)肠chángintestines 寸cùna unit of length · inch 断duànto break · to snap

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肝肠寸断

gān cháng cùn duàn

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