愁肠

愁腸

chóucháng

noun

Meanings

1 anxious thoughts
2 sorrow-filled heart
3 worries

Characters

Examples

他借酒浇愁肠。

Tā jiè jiǔ jiāo chóucháng.

He drowned his sorrows in wine.

几句话勾起了她的愁肠。

Jǐ jù huà gōuqǐ le tā de chóucháng.

A few words stirred up her worries.

Tips

register

Literary/poetic. The classical Chinese view located emotion in the intestines (肠), so 愁肠 'sorrow-intestines' literally means a heart twisted by grief.

memory

愁 (sorrow) + 肠 (intestines) = sorrow that ties your gut in knots.

Stroke Order

愁 chóu

肠 cháng