斷腸

断肠
duàncháng
  1. heartbroken
  2. to break one's heart

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) to be extremely distressed; to be heartbroken; to be anguished
  2. (literally) to cut off the intestines
  3. to be extremely distressed; to be heartbroken; to be anguished
  4. to cut off the intestines

Wiktionary

  1. 切斷腸子。
  2. 比喻悲傷到了極點。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 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
2 腸 cháng intestines

Related entries

心碎 xīnsuì
  1. heartbroken
  2. extreme depth of sorrow
那是一個叫人心碎的故事。

It was a heartbreaking story.

Source: Tatoeba

悽惻 qīcè
  1. heartbroken
  2. sorrowful
欲絕 yùjué
  1. heartbroken
  2. inconsolable
悲不自勝 bēibùzìshèng
  1. unable to control one's grief (idiom); overwrought
  2. overcome with sorrow
  3. heartbroken