眼穿腸斷

简 眼穿肠断 · 繁 眼穿腸斷
Mandarin · pinyin yǎn chuān cháng duàn

Meanings

  1. waiting anxiously (idiom)
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眼
yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
穿
chuān · penetrate, pierce, drill; wear
腸
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斷
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肠
cháng · intestines; emotions; sausage
断
duàn · sever, cut off; interrupt
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3–1–2–4 · yan3 chuan1 chang2 duan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ngaan5 cyun1 coeng4 dyun6

Cantonese word readings for 眼穿腸斷. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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ngaan5 cyun1 coeng4 dyun6

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