断肠

斷腸
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. 切断肠子。
  2. 比喻悲伤到了极点。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 断 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 肠 cháng intestines
=2 肠 cháng old variant of 肠 cháng

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

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