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荡气回肠

dàng qì huí chángdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc) / deeply moving
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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-a8312fd69ba11b65. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

蕩氣回腸 荡气回肠 [dang4 qi4 hui2 chang2] /heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc)/deeply moving/

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Other forms in these source records: 蕩氣回腸

  • 荡
    dàng

    to wash / to squander / to sweep away / to move / to shake / dissolute / pond

  • 气
    qì

    gas; air / smell / weather / to make angry; to annoy; to get angry / vital energy; qi

  • 回
    huí

    to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around / to reply; to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times / to curve / to return / to revolve

    Huí

    Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)

  • 肠
    cháng

    intestines

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.