Our free Chinese learning series introduces idioms and proverbs. These timeless phrases hold valuable meanings and are worth studying. Today’s idiom is 「目斷魂銷」, detailed below.
Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「目斷魂銷」, with its explanation and usage provided below.
To see as far as one can see. It means that one cannot see anything even if one tries one’s eyesight best, and therefore feels very sad inside. Describes the feeling of being extremely sad because of separation. Also written as “eyes broken and soul lost”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mù duàn hún xiāo
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
muk6 tyun5 wan4 siu1
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
