肝肠寸断
gān cháng cùn duàn
Pinyin

Definition

肝肠寸断
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gān cháng cùn duàn
  1. lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom)
  2. fig. grief-stricken

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

寸
cùn
  1. 1 a unit of length
  2. 2 inch
  3. 3 thumb
乙肝
yǐ gān
  1. 1 hepatitis B
分寸
fēn cun
  1. 1 propriety
  2. 2 appropriate behavior
  3. 3 proper speech or action
  4. 4 within the norms
寸步难行
cùn bù nán xíng
  1. 1 unable to move a single step (idiom)
  2. 2 to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
尺寸
chǐ cun
  1. 1 size
  2. 2 dimension
  3. 3 measurement
心肝
xīn gān
  1. 1 darling
  2. 2 (in negative sentences) heart
  3. 3 humanity
方寸
fāng cùn
  1. 1 square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm)
  2. 2 heart
  3. 3 mind
肝
gān
  1. 1 liver
  2. 2 CL:葉|叶[yè],個|个[gè]
肝火
gān huǒ
  1. 1 irascibility
  2. 2 irritability
  3. 3 (TCM) inflammation of the liver
肝炎
gān yán
  1. 1 hepatitis
肝病
gān bìng
  1. 1 liver disease
肝癌
gān ái
  1. 1 liver cancer
肝硬化
gān yìng huà
  1. 1 cirrhosis
肝脏
gān zàng
  1. 1 liver
脂肪肝
zhī fáng gān
  1. 1 fatty liver
英寸
yīng cùn
  1. 1 inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
鱼肝油
yú gān yóu
  1. 1 cod liver oil
鹅肝
é gān
  1. 1 foie gras
寸口
cùn kǒu
  1. 1 location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
  1. 1 land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)

Idioms (19)

一寸光阴一寸金
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. free time is to be treasured
一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
剖肝沥胆
pōu gān lì dǎn
  1. 1 to be completely honest and sincere (idiom)
好心倒做了驴肝肺
hǎo xīn dào zuò le lu:2 gān fēi
  1. 1 lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
  1. 1 land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
寸步不让
cùn bù bù ràng
  1. 1 (idiom) not to yield an inch
寸步不离
cùn bù bù lí
  1. 1 to follow sb closely (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep close to
寸步难行
cùn bù nán xíng
  1. 1 unable to move a single step (idiom)
  2. 2 to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
寸草不生
cùn cǎo bù shēng
  1. 1 lit. not even a blade of grass grows (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. barren
寸金难买寸光阴
cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
  2. 2 Time is precious.
得寸进尺
dé cùn jìn chǐ
  1. 1 lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains
  2. 2 give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
手无寸铁
shǒu wú cùn tiě
  1. 1 lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
披肝沥胆
pī gān lì dǎn
  1. 1 lit. to open one's liver and drip gall (idiom); wholehearted loyalty
揪心扒肝
jiū xīn bā gān
  1. 1 (idiom) extremely anxious
  2. 2 anguished
方寸大乱
fāng cùn dà luàn
  1. 1 (idiom) to become agitated
  2. 2 to get worked up
方寸已乱
fāng cùn yǐ luàn
  1. 1 (idiom) confused
  2. 2 troubled
  3. 3 bewildered
柔肠寸断
róu cháng cùn duàn
  1. 1 lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short
  2. 2 broken-hearted (idiom)
肝肠寸断
gān cháng cùn duàn
  1. 1 lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. grief-stricken
肝胆相照
gān dǎn xiāng zhào
  1. 1 to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion

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