伤心 傷心 shāng xīn to grieve / to be broken-hearted / to feel deeply hurt syn 破 pò broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of syn 坏 壞 huài bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost syn 碎 suì (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces / to shatter / to crumble / broken / fragmentary / scattered / garrulous syn 修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken) / to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds syn 依依不舍 yī yī bù shě reluctant to part (idiom) / broken-hearted at having to leave syn 石膏 shí gāo gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone) syn 残破 殘破 cán pò broken / dilapidated syn 坏掉 壞掉 huài diào to get broken / to get damaged / to get ruined 头破血流 頭破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised syn 断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) 怯懦 qiè nuò timid / cowardly / chicken-hearted syn 七零八落 qī líng bā luò (idiom) everything broken and in disorder syn 穷凶极恶 窮兇極惡 qióng xiōng jí è fiendish / black-hearted syn 断腿 斷腿 duàn tuǐ broken leg 三心二意 sān xīn èr yì in two minds about sth (idiom) / half-hearted / shilly-shallying syn 稀烂 稀爛 xī làn smashed up / broken into pieces / thoroughly mashed / pulpy syn 磊落 lěi luò big and stout / big-hearted / open and honest / continuous / repeated syn 冷血动物 冷血動物 lěng xuè dòng wù cold-blooded animal / fig. cold-hearted person syn 破鞋 pò xié broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut syn 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn 残花败柳 殘花敗柳 cán huā bài liǔ broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman 鸡飞蛋打 雞飛蛋打 jī fēi dàn dǎ the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) syn 败絮 敗絮 bài xù ruined / broken down / shabby 坦 tǎn flat / open-hearted / level / smooth syn 懦 nuò (bound form) cowardly / faint-hearted syn 爻 yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶ 锔 鋦 jū to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together 铁石心肠 鐵石心腸 tiě shí xīn cháng to have a heart of stone / hard-hearted / unfeeling syn 含情脉脉 含情脈脈 hán qíng mò mò full of tender feelings (idiom) / tender-hearted syn 温情脉脉 溫情脈脈 wēn qíng mò mò full of tender feelings (idiom) / tender-hearted syn 涕泗滂沱 tì sì pāng tuó a flood of tears and mucus / broken-hearted and weeping bitterly 心宽体胖 心寬體胖 xīn kuān tǐ pán big-hearted and serene (idiom) / contented and easygoing syn 草率收兵 cǎo shuài shōu bīng to work vaguely then retreat (idiom) / sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked 草草收兵 cǎo cǎo shōu bīng to work vaguely then retreat (idiom) / sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked 胆小如鼠 膽小如鼠 dǎn xiǎo rú shǔ (idiom) chicken-hearted / gutless syn 妇人之仁 婦人之仁 fù rén zhī rén excessive tendency to clemency (idiom) / soft-hearted (pejorative) 拙嘴笨舌 zhuō zuǐ bèn shé lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom) / awkward speaker 败柳残花 敗柳殘花 bài liǔ cán huā broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman 蓬户瓮牖 蓬戶甕牖 péng hù wèng yǒu thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom) / poor person's house / humble home syn 韦编三绝 韋編三絕 wéi biān sān jué lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently 心硬 xīn yìng hard-hearted / unfeeling / callous Broken Spur 热液田 Broken Spur 熱液田 Broken Spur rè yè tián Broken Spur hydrothermal field 破瓦寒窑 破瓦寒窯 pò wǎ hán yáo lit. broken tiles, cold hearth / fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling syn 破镜 破鏡 pò jìng broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce 布罗肯海底高原 Broken Ridge oceanic plateau / Broken Ridge plateau 破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng - chóng yuán lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited / a broken relationship is restored syn 冷酷无情 冷酷無情 lěng kù wú qíng cold-hearted / unfeeling / callous syn 心广体胖 心廣體胖 xīn guǎng tǐ pán big-hearted and serene (idiom) / contended and easygoing syn 柔情脉脉 柔情脈脈 róu qíng mò mò full of tender feelings (idiom) / tender-hearted 让畔 讓畔 ràng pàn to be accommodating in negotiating the boundary of one's field / (fig.) (of farmers in ancient times) to be good-hearted and honest 温吞 溫吞 wēn tūn tepid / lukewarm / (fig.) apathetic / half-hearted / sluggish / mild-tempered 楛 kǔ broken utensil 伤心致死 傷心致死 shāng xīn zhì sǐ to grieve to death / to die of a broken-heart 宁为玉碎，不为瓦全 寧為玉碎，不為瓦全 nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom) 摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线, broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 断弦 斷弦 duàn xián widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony 断瓦残垣 斷瓦殘垣 duàn wǎ cán yuán the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated 破读 破讀 pò dú pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading 碎掉 suì diào to drop and smash / broken 断脊梁战 duàn jǐ liáng zhàn broken-back war 摺线 摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线[zhe2 xian4], broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 坏鸟 壞鳥 huài niǎo sinister person / unsavory character / broken (not in working order) 碎碎念 suì suì niàn to sound like a broken record / to prattle / to nag / to mutter 折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat 乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship 