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牵肠挂肚

qiān cháng guà dù

4-character word Traditional 牽腸掛肚

What 牵肠挂肚 means

1. deeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious

The characters in 牵肠挂肚

• 牵qiānto lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve
• 肠chángintestines
• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 肚dùbelly

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