腸斷

腸⫽斷 (subject-predicate)

1. (literary) to be heartbroken; to be sorrowful

   • 行宮見月傷心色，夜雨聞鈴腸斷聲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     行宫见月伤心色，夜雨闻铃肠断声。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 806, Bai Juyi (白居易),《長恨歌》, translated by Xu Yuanchong

     Xínggōng jiàn yuè shāngxīn sè, yèyǔ wén líng chángduàn shēng. [Pinyin]

     The moon viewed from his tent shed a soul-searing light; The bells heard in night rain made a heart-rending sound.

   • 腸斷白蘋洲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     肠断白𬞟洲。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 9th century, Wen Tingyun (溫庭筠),《望江南》, translated by Xu Yuanchong

     Chángduàn báipín zhōu. [Pinyin]

     My heart breaks at the sight of the islet with duckweed white.

   • 腸斷竹馬兒童，空見說、三千樂指。 [Ci, trad.]
     肠断竹马儿童，空见说、三千乐指。 [Ci, simp.]

     From: c. 1297, Liu Chenweng (劉辰翁),《寶鼎現·春月》

     Chángduàn zhúmǎ értóng, kōng jiàn shuō, sānqiān yuèzhǐ. [Pinyin]

     Heartbroken children riding hobby horse have heard in vain: None of three thousand musical fingers remain.

   • 牢騷太盛防腸斷，風物長宜放眼量。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     牢骚太盛防肠断，风物长宜放眼量。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1949 April 29, Mao Tse-tung (毛澤東),《七律·和柳亞子先生》, English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Láosāo tài shèng fáng chángduàn, fēngwù cháng yí fàngyǎn liáng. [Pinyin]

     Beware of heartbreak with grievance overfull, Range far your eye over long vistas.

• 斷腸／断肠 (duàncháng)
• 心碎 (xīnsuì)
• (Hokkien) 割吊