Correct
断弦
/ duànxián /
Strokes
Definition
widowed/lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qín sè] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
Example
As a Verb
snap a lute string―lose one's wife; be bereaved of one's wife
1
Tā
他
zì
自
duàn
断
xián
弦
hòu
后
yīzhí
一直
guò
过
zhāo
着
gūdú
孤独
de
的
shēnghuó
生活
。
He has lived a lonely life after his wife's death.
2
Duànxián
断弦
zhī
之
tòng
痛
grief over the death of one's wife