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柔肠寸断

róu cháng cùn duàn

4-character word Traditional 柔腸寸斷

What 柔肠寸断 means

1. lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short
2. broken-hearted (idiom)

The characters in 柔肠寸断

• 柔róusoft; flexible; supple
• 肠chángintestines
• 寸cùna unit of length; inch; thumb
• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off

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