cǎn

sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

狀 cǎn zhuàng devastation; miserable condition
痛 cǎn tòng bitter; painful; deeply distressed
白 cǎn bái deathly pale
禍 cǎn huò terrible tragedy; grave mishap
笑 cǎn xiào bitter smile
紅 cǎn hóng dark red
絕人寰 cǎn jué rén huán extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality
變 cǎn biàn disastrous turn; tragic event
遭 cǎn zāo to suffer (defeat, death etc)
遭不幸 cǎn zāo bù xìng to meet with disaster; to die tragically
重 cǎn zhòng disastrous
紅愁 lǜ cǎn hóng chóu (of women) grieved appearance (idiom); sorrowful mien
shēng cǎn the tone is miserable; the situation sounds bad