gall and intestines being broken to bits— be sorrow-stricken;emo tionally upset ❍ 听了他那悲惨的遭遇，叫人～。After hearing his miserable sufferings,one could not help but be sorrow-stricken. ❍ 破视其腹，中肠皆寸寸断。(刘义庆《世说新语·黜免》) When they tore her open and looked into her abdomen they found her entrails all cut,inch by inch.