肝肠寸断 gān cháng cùn duàn — heartbroken to the extreme; rent with grief

肝肠寸断
gān cháng cùn duàn

Characters: 肝 · 肠 · 寸 · 断

Definitions

  1. heartbroken to the extreme; rent with grief

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom)
  2. fig. grief-stricken

ExtDict

  1. 肝肠一寸寸断开。比喻伤心到极点。

Examples

  • 听到儿子牺牲的噩耗，母亲肝肠寸断。

    Hearing that her son had fallen, the mother was crushed with grief.

  • 生离死别之际，她肝肠寸断。

    At the moment of parting forever, she was heartbroken beyond words.