心如刀绞

Traditional form:

心如刀絞

Pinyin (reading):

xīnrúdāojiǎo

Definitions:

• to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)

Characters:

• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
• 绞 - intertwined; to twist, to wring; to hang a criminal

Traditional characters:

• 心 - heart; mind; soul
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 刀 - knife; old coin; measure
• 絞 - intertwined; to twist, to wring; to hang a criminal