肝肠寸断 heartbroken
Explanation
形容内心悲痛到极点，如同肝肠被割断一样。常用于描写失去亲人、遭遇重大不幸等极度悲伤的情景。
Describes extreme inner grief, as if the liver and intestines were cut apart. Often used to describe the extreme sadness of losing a loved one or suffering a major misfortune.
Origin Story
公元346年，晋将桓温率军攻打蜀国，途径三峡。船上带回一只被捉的小猿，它的母亲在岸边焦急地奔跑，追随船队数百里。当船队到达巫峡时，猿母奋不顾身地跳上船，最终力竭而亡。解剖后，人们发现猿母肝肠寸断，悲痛欲绝。这便是著名的“猿母泣血”故事。这个故事充分展示了母爱的伟大与力量，也让人联想到人世间那些肝肠寸断的悲痛情景，无论是亲人离世、爱人失散，或是其他重大打击，都能引起人们强烈的共鸣。
In 346 AD, General Huan Wen of the Jin Dynasty led his troops to attack Shu, passing through the Three Gorges. A captured young monkey was brought onto the ship, and its mother ran anxiously along the bank, following the fleet for hundreds of miles. When the fleet reached the Wu Gorge, the mother monkey jumped onto the ship without hesitation, finally exhausted and dead. After the autopsy, people found that the mother monkey's liver and intestines were broken, indicating extreme grief. This is the famous story of “The Weeping Monkey Mother”. This story fully demonstrates the greatness and power of motherly love, also reminiscent of heart-wrenching scenes of grief in the world. Whether it is the death of a loved one, the loss of a lover, or other major setbacks, it can evoke a strong resonance in people.
Usage
用于形容内心极度悲伤的情感。
Used to describe the extreme sadness in one's heart.
Examples
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她听到这个噩耗，肝肠寸断，痛不欲生。
ta tingdao zhege ehao, ganchangcundan, tong buyu sheng.
She was heartbroken when she heard the bad news.
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母亲去世，他肝肠寸断，悲痛欲绝。
muqin qushi, ta ganchangcundan, bei tong yu jue
He was heartbroken and devastated after his mother's death.