心如刀割

Traditional form:

心如刀割

Pinyin (reading):

xīnrúdāogē

Definitions:

• to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom)
• to be torn with grief

Characters:

• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
• 割 - to cut, to divide, to partition; to cede

Traditional characters:

• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
• 割 - to cut, to divide, to partition; to cede