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心如刀割

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4-character word

What 心如刀割 means

1. to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom)
2. to be torn with grief

The characters in 心如刀割

• 心xīnheart; mind; intention
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 刀dāoknife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang; loanword) dollar…
• 割gēto cut; to cut apart

Example sentences

• 她得知父亲突然离世，不禁心如刀割。
  Tā dézhī fùqīn tūrán líshì, bù jìn xīnrúdāogē.
  She was filled with deep grief to hear of her father's sudden death.