汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 牽腸掛肚
牽腸掛肚 (牵肠挂肚)
deeply worried (idiom); to feel anxious
牵 Pull / Describe very much, rest assured
形容非常挂念,很不放心你快写封信回去,省得她牵肠挂肚。
() qiān () cháng () guà dù/dǔ
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

爱一个人,看不到他时,为他牵肠挂肚

Love a person, not to see him, for he be very worried about.

尽量多给家里写信,免得你母亲牵肠挂肚

Write home as often as possible so as to relieve your mother from anxiety.

我讨厌让未做完的工作使我牵肠挂肚

I hate to have unfinished work hanging over me.

我亲爱的孙女:从海轮离开纽约以来,我一直为你牵肠挂肚,我知道这是为什么。

My dear granddaughter, You've been on my mind ever since this ship left New York, and I know why.