cǎn

sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

傷心目 shāng xīn cǎn mù (idiom) too appalling to look at
四一二案 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
bēi cǎn miserable; tragic
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]
qī cǎn plaintive; mournful; miserable
不忍睹 cǎn bù rěn dǔ spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight; appalling scenes of devastation
不忍聞 cǎn bù rěn wén too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle; appalling scenes of devastation
事 cǎn shì disaster
劇 cǎn jù tragedy; calamity; atrocity
叫 cǎn jiào to scream; blood-curdling screech; miserable shriek
境 cǎn jìng wretched situation
怛 cǎn dá grieved; distressed
敗 cǎn bài to suffer a crushing defeat
景 cǎn jǐng wretched sight
案 cǎn àn massacre; tragedy; CL:起[qi3]
死 cǎn sǐ to die tragically; to meet with a violent death
殺 cǎn shā to slaughter; to kill mercilessly
毒 cǎn dú cruel; vicious
況 cǎn kuàng tragic situation; dreadful state
淡 cǎn dàn dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort
淡經營 cǎn dàn jīng yíng to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
澹 cǎn dàn variant of 慘淡|惨淡[can3 dan4]
烈 cǎn liè bitter; desperate
無人道 cǎn wú rén dào inhuman (idiom); brutal and unfeeling
然 cǎn rán grieved; distressed
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