| 心如刀绞 |
xīn rú dāo jiǎo |
to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom) |
| 心 |
xīn |
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 |
| 如 |
rú |
as / as if / such as |
| 刀 |
Dāo |
surname Dao |
| 刀 |
dāo |
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces) / (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 "I could kill him!") |
| 绞 |
jiǎo |
to twist (strands into a thread) / to entangle / to wring / to hang (by the neck) / to turn / to wind / classifier for skeins of yarn |