斷弦 [断－]

Jyutping dyun6 jin4
Pinyin duàn xián

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. widowed
  2. lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    broken string (on a musical instrument)
  2. verb, figuratively, literary
    to become a widower; to lose one's wife
  3. verb, figuratively, literary, of sound
    to linger