肝肠寸断 gān cháng cùn duàn

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

肝 gān liver
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