柔肠寸断 róu cháng cùn duàn

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short
  2. broken-hearted (idiom)

CHARACTERS

柔 róu
HSK 5
soft; gentle, pliant
肠 cháng
HSK 5
intestines; emotions; sausage
寸 cùn
HSK 6
inch; small, tiny; KangXi radical 41
断 duàn
HSK 4
sever, cut off; interrupt