断肠
duàn cháng
Pinyin

Definition

断肠
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duàn cháng
  1. heartbroken
  2. to break one's heart

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bù duàn
  1. 1 unceasing
  2. 2 uninterrupted
  3. 3 continuous
  4. 4 constant
duàn
  1. 1 to break
  2. 2 to snap
  3. 3 to cut off
  4. 4 to give up or abstain from sth
  5. 5 to judge
  6. 6 (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
  7. 7 definitely
  8. 8 decidedly
guǒ duàn
  1. 1 firm
  2. 2 decisive
cháng
  1. 1 intestines
zhōng duàn
  1. 1 to cut short
  2. 2 to break off
  3. 3 to discontinue
  4. 4 to interrupt
qiē duàn
  1. 1 to cut off
  2. 2 to sever
pàn duàn
  1. 1 to judge
  2. 2 to determine
  3. 3 judgment
pàn duàn lì
  1. 1 ability to judge
  2. 2 judgment
jiǎn duàn
  1. 1 to cut
  2. 2 to snip
gē duàn
  1. 1 to cut off
  2. 2 to sever
huí cháng
  1. 1 ileum (segment of small intestine between the jejunum 空腸|空肠[kōng cháng] and appendix 盲腸|盲肠[máng cháng])
lǒng duàn
  1. 1 to enjoy market dominance
  2. 2 to monopolize
dà cháng
  1. 1 the large intestine
xīn cháng
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 intention
  3. 3 one's inclination
  4. 4 state of mind
  5. 5 to have the heart for sth
  6. 6 mood
dǎ duàn
  1. 1 to interrupt
  2. 2 to break off
  3. 3 to break (a bone)
zhé duàn
  1. 1 to snap sth off
  2. 2 to break
guà duàn
  1. 1 to hang up (a phone)
tuī duàn
  1. 1 to infer
  2. 2 to deduce
  3. 3 to predict
  4. 4 to extrapolate
zhǎn duàn
  1. 1 to cut off
  2. 2 to chop sth in half
duàn nǎi
  1. 1 to wean

Idioms (20)

一刀两断
yī dāo liǎng duàn
  1. 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
互诉衷肠
hū sù zhōng cháng
  1. 1 to confide in each other (idiom)
伤筋断骨
shāng jīn duàn gǔ
  1. 1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
割袍断义
gē páo duàn yì
  1. 1 to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)
  2. 2 to break all friendly ties
小肚鸡肠
xiǎo dù jī cháng
  1. 1 lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded
  2. 2 petty
快刀断乱麻
kuài dāo duàn luàn má
  1. 1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
  2. 2 cutting the Gordian knot
愁肠百结
chóu cháng bǎi jié
  1. 1 hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety
应机立断
yìng jī lì duàn
  1. 1 to act on an opportunity (idiom); to take prompt advantage of a situation
投鞭断流
tóu biān duàn liú
  1. 1 arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
接连不断
jiē lián bù duàn
  1. 1 in unbroken succession (idiom)
搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng
  1. 1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)
搜肠刮肚
sōu cháng guā dù
  1. 1 to search one's guts and belly (idiom); to racks one's brains for a solution
断港绝潢
duàn gǎng jué huáng
  1. 1 to be unable to continue
  2. 2 to come to a dead end (idiom)
断章取义
duàn zhāng qǔ yì
  1. 1 to quote out of context (idiom)
断线风筝
duàn xiàn fēng zhēng
  1. 1 a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall
断袖之癖
duàn xiù zhī pǐ
  1. 1 lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
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)
残垣断壁
cán yuán duàn bì
  1. 1 crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)
源源不断
yuán yuán bù duàn
  1. 1 a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream
牵肠挂肚
qiān cháng guà dù
  1. 1 deeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious

Sample Sentences

八田19日在京都接受记者采访时说:“断肠之痛。无法承受。我做梦都没有想到(伤亡)这么惨重。”他说,失去众多漫画精英“对我们公司,对动漫界都是巨大损失”。
bātián rì zài Jīngdū jiēshòu jìzhě cǎifǎng shí shuō :“duàncháng zhī tòng 。wúfǎ chéngshòu 。wǒ zuòmèng dōu méiyǒu xiǎngdào (shāngwáng )zhème cǎnzhòng 。”tā shuō ,shīqù zhòngduō mànhuà jīngyīng “duì wǒmen gōngsī ,duì dòngmàn jiè dōu shì jùdà sǔnshī ”。
In an interview with reporters in Kyoto on the 19th, Yada said: “unbearable pain and heartache. I never dreamt that (life casualties) would be so many." He said that losing many talented comic artists is a huge loss to our company. ".