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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「柔腸寸斷」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

The soft heart broke inch by inch. Describes a woman’s sorrow and depression.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

róu cháng cùn duàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yau4 cheung2 chyun3 tyun5

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