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撕心裂肺

English translation: heart-wrenching, lung-tearing

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Chinese term or phrase:撕心裂肺
English translation:heart-wrenching, lung-tearing
Entered by: Wilman

02:55 Feb 25, 2006
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
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Chinese term or phrase: 撕心裂肺
子尤的脑子里不断的闪现着撕心裂肺这个词,疼痛可想而知。
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Wilman
United States
Local time: 01:09
heart-wrenching, lung-tearing
Explanation:
heart-wrenching, lung-tearing
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Will Wong
United States
Local time: 22:09
Grading comment
Thanks.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2heart-wrenching, lung-tearing
Will Wong
4 +1FYI: as painful as heart and lungs being lacerated
maxzhy
4 +1FYI
Naikei Wong
4 +1heart-ripping
Angus Woo
4extreme grief, grief-stroken
Shang


  

Answers


12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
FYI: as painful as heart and lungs being lacerated


Explanation:
I translated it literally.

maxzhy
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 69

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agree  IC --
1 day 13 hrs
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
extreme grief, grief-stroken


Explanation:
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Shang
China
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 88
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
heart-wrenching, lung-tearing


Explanation:
heart-wrenching, lung-tearing

Will Wong
United States
Local time: 22:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  anastasia t (X)
9 hrs

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1 day 13 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
FYI


Explanation:
It felt as if his head was being repeatedly hacked open at the thought of this tormenting word. The excruciating pain was written on his face.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2006-02-25 11:32:58 GMT)
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correction: simply --

It felt as if his head was being repeatedly hacked open. The excruciating pain was written on his face.

Naikei Wong
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 129

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agree  IC --
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
heart-ripping


Explanation:
this expression is very common.

Angus Woo
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  IC --
1 day 4 hrs
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