心如刀绞 (心如刀絞)
xīn rú dāo jiǎo
Pinyin
Definition
心如刀绞 (心如刀絞)
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- to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一刀两断
- 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
- 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
一刀切
- 1 lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
- 2 one solution fits a diversity of problems
- 3 one size fits all
一如既往
- 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
- 2 continuing as always
一心一德
- 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一心二用
- 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
- 2 to multitask
- 3 to divide one's attention