她得知父親突然離世，不禁心如刀割。

She was filled with deep grief to hear of her father's sudden death.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 她 tā she
2 得知 dézhī
  1. to find out
  2. to learn of
3 父親 fùqīn
  1. father
  2. also pr. fùqin

classifier: 個
4 突然 tūrán sudden; abrupt; unexpected
5 離世 líshì
  1. (archaic) to live in seclusion
  2. to pass away
6 不禁 bùjīn
  1. can't help (doing sth)
  2. can't refrain from
7 心如刀割 xīnrúdāogē
  1. to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom)
  2. to be torn with grief