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柔肠寸断

róu cháng cùn duàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-543138937685203c. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

柔腸寸斷 柔肠寸断 [rou2 chang2 cun4 duan4] /lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short/broken-hearted (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 柔腸寸斷

  • 柔
    róu

    soft / flexible / supple / yielding / rho (Greek letter Ρρ)

  • 肠
    cháng

    intestines

  • 寸
    cùn

    a unit of length / inch / thumb

  • 断
    duàn

    to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.