慘不忍睹 cǎn bù rěn dǔ

DEFINITIONS

  1. spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight
  2. appalling scenes of devastation

CHARACTERS

慘 cǎn sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel
不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
忍 rěn endure, bear, suffer; forbear
睹 dǔ look at, gaze at; observe