惨 cǎn

sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel

HSK 6 #1530

DEFINITIONS

  • sad, pitiful, wretched
  • cruel
  • miserable
  • wretched
  • cruel
  • inhuman
  • disastrous
  • tragic
  • dim
  • gloomy

STROKES

WORDS

悲惨 bēi cǎn
HSK 6
miserable; tragic
惨剧 cǎn jù tragedy; calamity; atrocity
惨重 cǎn zhòng disastrous
惨遭 cǎn zāo to suffer (defeat, death etc)
惨不忍睹 cǎn bù rěn dǔ spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight; appalling scenes of devastation
惨叫 cǎn jiào to scream; blood-curdling screech; miserable shriek
惨败 cǎn bài to suffer a crushing defeat
惨痛 cǎn tòng bitter; painful; deeply distressed
惨死 cǎn sǐ to die tragically; to meet with a violent death
凄惨 qī cǎn plaintive; mournful; miserable
惨案 cǎn àn massacre; tragedy; CL:起[qi3]
惨烈 cǎn liè bitter; desperate
惨无人道 cǎn wú rén dào inhuman (idiom); brutal and unfeeling
惨绝人寰 cǎn jué rén huán extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality
惨淡 cǎn dàn dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort
惨状 cǎn zhuàng devastation; miserable condition
惨白 cǎn bái deathly pale
惨祸 cǎn huò terrible tragedy; grave mishap
惨淡经营 cǎn dàn jīng yíng to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
惨杀 cǎn shā to slaughter; to kill mercilessly
惨变 cǎn biàn disastrous turn; tragic event
伤心惨目 shāng xīn cǎn mù (idiom) too appalling to look at
四一二惨案 sì yī èr cǎn àn the massacre of 12th Mar 1927; the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists
悲惨世界 bēi cǎn shì jiè Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[Wei2 ke4 duo1 · Yu3 guo3]
惨不忍闻 cǎn bù rěn wén too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle; appalling scenes of devastation
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