cǎn

tragic; miserable; wretched

Character data

Radical ⼼ (61.11)
Strokes 14
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Definitions

慘 cǎn
  1. 1. tragic
  2. 2. miserable
  3. 3. wretched
  4. 4. disastrous
  5. 5. gloomy
  6. 6. dim
  7. 7. cruel
  8. 8. inhuman

Words containing 慘

Word Meaning
(idiom) too appalling to look at
1927 Shanghai massacre of communists
miserable; tragic
Les Misérables; very miserable world
miserable; mournful; plaintive
spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight
too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle
disaster
tragedy; calamity; atrocity
to scream; miserable shriek; blood-curdling screech
wretched situation
grieved; distressed
to suffer a crushing defeat
wretched sight
massacre; tragedy
to die tragically; to meet with a violent death
to kill mercilessly; to slaughter
cruel; vicious
tragic situation; dreadful state
gloomy; dismal; dark
to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
variant of cǎn dàn
bitter; desperate
brutal and unfeeling; inhuman (idiom)
grieved; distressed
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