惨 - cǎn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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慘 (惨)

cǎn

Definition

miserable
wretched
cruel
inhuman
disastrous
tragic
dim
gloomy

Character Decomposition

Related words (28)

disaster

tragic situation; dreadful state

慘劇

cǎn jù

tragedy; calamity; atrocity

慘變

cǎn biàn

disastrous turn; tragic event

慘叫

cǎn jiào

to scream; blood-curdling screech; miserable shriek

wretched situation

grieved; distressed

wretched sight

to slaughter; to kill mercilessly

massacre; tragedy

to die tragically; to meet with a violent death

cruel; vicious

dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort

bitter; desperate

grieved; distressed

devastation; miserable condition

慘痛

cǎn tòng

bitter; painful; deeply distressed

deathly pale

terrible tragedy; grave mishap

bitter smile

dark red

to suffer a crushing defeat

慘遭

cǎn zāo

to suffer (defeat, death etc)

disastrous

to meet with disaster; to die tragically

悽慘

qī cǎn

plaintive; mournful; miserable

miserable; tragic

the massacre of 12th Mar 1927; the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists

Idioms (7)

慘不忍睹

cǎn bù rěn dǔ

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

慘不忍聞

cǎn bù rěn wén

too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle; appalling scenes of devastation

慘無人道

cǎn wú rén dào

inhuman (idiom); brutal and unfeeling

慘淡經營

cǎn dàn jīng yíng

to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)

慘絕人寰

cǎn jué rén huán

extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality

傷心慘目

shāng xīn cǎn mù

(idiom) too appalling to look at

綠慘紅愁

lǜ cǎn hóng chóu

(of women) grieved appearance (idiom); sorrowful mien

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