Heartbreak is great sadness or disappointment, the kind that feels as if something inside you has broken.

Heartbreak is great sadness or disappointmentheartbreak是極大的傷心或失望， the kind that feels as if something inside you has broken那種感覺像是心裡有什麼東西碎掉了。

People use it most for love that ends — someone leaves, you are not chosen, a relationship fails. They also stretch it: a town can feel heartbreak after losing a final; a parent can feel heartbreak when a child is very ill.

People use it most for love that ends最常用在感情結束的時候 — someone leaves, you are not chosen, a relationship fails——有人離開、你沒被選上、一段感情失敗了。 They also stretch it大家也會把這個字延伸出去用： a town can feel heartbreak after losing a final一座城鎮輸了冠軍賽也可以說heartbreak； a parent can feel heartbreak when a child is very ill父母在孩子病得很重時也會有heartbreak的感覺。

As a noun it names the hurt itself: feel heartbreak, suffer heartbreak, a story of heartbreak. Songs and films love this word, so in everyday talk it can sound a little dramatic; a friend might still say it was a real heartbreak without meaning they will never be all right again.

As a noun it names the hurt itself當名詞用的時候，它指的就是那種傷痛本身： feel heartbreak, suffer heartbreak, a story of heartbreak像feel heartbreak（感到心碎）、suffer heartbreak（承受心碎）、a story of heartbreak（一個心碎的故事）。 Songs and films love this word歌曲和電影很愛用這個字， so in everyday talk it can sound a little dramatic所以在日常對話裡聽起來會有點誇張； a friend might still say it was a real heartbreak without meaning they will never be all right again朋友還是可能說那真的是個heartbreak，但不代表她真的以為自己再也好不起來。

Though actually, compared with heartache, this word leans more toward a smash than a dull, lasting ache — but both can be used for the same hard time, and speakers are not always tidy about the difference. Keep the family of forms straight: heartbreak is the hurt; a person who feels it is heartbroken; the news or story that causes it is heartbreaking.

Though actually不過其實， compared with heartache, this word leans more toward a smash than a dull, lasting ache跟heartache比起來，這個字比較像「碎裂」，而不是那種悶悶的、持續的痛 — but both can be used for the same hard time但兩個字都可以用在同一段難熬的時期， and speakers are not always tidy about the difference而且說話的人也不見得分得那麼清楚。 Keep the family of forms straight記清楚這一家族的詞形： heartbreak is the hurtheartbreak是那種傷痛； a person who feels it is heartbroken感受到它的人是heartbroken； the news or story that causes it is heartbreaking造成它的消息或故事則是heartbreaking。