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Pronunciation / Transliteration: gaseum apeun
"그것은 정말 가슴 아픈 이야기였다."
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Causing overwhelming sorrow or emotional distress.
"It was heartbreaking to say goodbye to our old home."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Compound of 'heart' (Old English heorte) and 'breaking' (participle of break, from Old English brecan), in use since the 16th century to describe intense emotional sorrow.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "heartbreaking" is said worldwide
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déchirant
Transliteration: desh-ee-rahn
"C'est une histoire déchirante."
herzzerreißend
Transliteration: herts-tser-ry-sunt
"Das war ein herzzerreißender Anblick."
struggente
Transliteration: stroo-jhen-te
"La sua storia è stata struggente."
desgarrador
Transliteration: des-ga-ra-dor
"Fue un momento desgarrador para todos."
comovente
Transliteration: ko-mo-ven-te
"Aquela despedida foi comovente."
दिल दहला देने वाला
Transliteration: dil dahla dene wala
"यह एक दिल दहला देने वाली घटना थी।"
心碎的
Transliteration: xīn suì de
"这是一个让人心碎的消息。"
가슴 아픈
Transliteration: gaseum apeun
"그것은 정말 가슴 아픈 이야기였다."
胸が張り裂けるような
Transliteration: muna ga harisakeru yō na
"それは胸が張り裂けるような別れでした。"
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