be torn with grief
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī NR ú D ā Oji ǎ o, which means to describe the pain in the heart like a knife cut. From Zhao Li rang Fei.
The origin of Idioms
The first fold of Zhao Li rang Fei written by Qin Jianfu in Yuan Dynasty: "I'm waiting for some rough things. I can't help but watch my son and mother go to different places. When I think of it, my heart is like a knife."
Analysis of Idioms
My heart is broken and my heart is full of arrows
Idiom usage
In the romance of Fengshen by Xu Zhonglin of Ming Dynasty: "the ninth time I saw Yin Hong again in Yinjiao, which means fried in oil."
Chinese PinYin : xīn rú dāo jiǎo
be torn with grief
the broken stem of a floating duckweed -- wandering about. duàn gěng piāo píng
aged and greatly honoured for one 's virtues. nián gāo dé shào
have one 's true face situation. běn xiàng bì lù
one 's temper and nature are in accord with someone. yì qì xiāng tóu
Discard the last and turn the root. qì mò fǎn běn
The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind doesn't stop. shù yù jìng ér fēng bù tíng