寸斷

寸断
cùnduàn

to be broken up into small pieces

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 寸 cùn
  1. a unit of length
  2. inch
  3. thumb
2 斷 duàn
  1. to break
  2. to snap
  3. to cut off
  4. to give up or abstain from sth
  5. to judge
  6. (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
  7. definitely
  8. decidedly

Containing this entry

柔腸寸斷 róuchángcùnduàn
  1. lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short
  2. broken-hearted (idiom)
肝腸寸斷 gānchángcùnduàn
  1. lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom)
  2. fig. grief-stricken