柔肠寸断

lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted (idiom)

soft / flexible / supple / yielding / rho (Greek letter Ρρ)

intestines

old variant of 腸|肠[chang2]

a unit of length / inch / thumb

to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly