柔腸寸斷

Chinese

		tender feelings	to be broken up into small pieces
trad. (柔腸寸斷)		柔腸	寸斷
simp. (柔肠寸断)		柔肠	寸断

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róuchángcùnduàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ coeng⁴ cyun³ dyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róuchángcùnduàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róuchángcùnduàn
    • Wade–Giles: jou²-chʻang²-tsʻun⁴-tuan⁴
    • Yale: róu-cháng-tswùn-dwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roucharngtsuennduann
    • Palladius: жоучанцуньдуань (žoučancunʹduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐoʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ coeng⁴ cyun³ dyun⁶
    • Yale: yàuh chèuhng chyun dyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ tsoeng⁴ tsyn³ dyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ cêng⁴ qun³ dün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ t͡sʰyːn³³ tyːn²²/

Idiom

柔腸寸斷

1. to be heartbroken; to be grief-stricken