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心碎

xīn suì · xin sui

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Meaning

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  1. heartbroken
  2. extreme depth of sorrow
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A cracked screen

  1. Liangliang

    我的(wǒde)新(xīn)手机(shǒujī)屏幕(píngmù)碎(suì)了(le)，我(wǒ)心碎(xīnsuì)了(le)。

    My new phone’s screen is cracked. I am heartbroken.

  2. Dengdeng

    别(bié)心碎(xīnsuì)，换(huàn)个(gè)屏幕(píngmù)不(bù)贵(guì)。

    Do not be heartbroken. A new screen is not expensive.

  3. Liangliang

    修(xiū)一下(yīxià)要(yào)三百块(sānbǎikuài)，我(wǒ)更(gèng)心碎(xīnsuì)了(le)。

    The repair costs 300 yuan. Now I am even more heartbroken.

  4. Dengdeng

    手机壳(shǒujīké)呢(ne)？

    What about the phone case?

  5. Liangliang

    手机壳(shǒujīké)一点儿(yīdiǎnr)事(shì)也(yě)没有(méiyǒu)。

    The phone case has no damage at all.

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01

那(nà)是(shì)一(yí)个(gè)叫(jiào)人(rén)心(xīn)碎(suì)的(de)故(gù)事(shì)。

It was a heartbreaking story.

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02

听(tīng)到(dào)小(xiǎo)狗(gǒu)走(zǒu)失(shī)的(de)消(xiāo)息(xi)，她(tā)心(xīn)碎(suì)地(de)哭(kū)了(le)。

Hearing the news that her puppy had gone missing, she cried heartbrokenly.

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