Usage of the character 慘
cǎn
惨
[慘]
- miserable
- wretched
- cruel
- inhuman
- disastrous
- tragic
- dim
- gloomy
cǎndú
惨毒
[慘毒]
- cruel
- vicious
cǎnjǐng
惨景
[慘景]
- wretched sight
cǎn'àn
惨案
[慘案]
- massacre
- tragedy
- CL:起 (qǐ)
cǎndàn
惨澹
[慘澹]
- variant of 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
cǎnzhuàng
惨状
[慘狀]
- devastation
- miserable condition
cǎnbài
惨败
[慘敗]
- to suffer a crushing defeat
bēicǎn
悲惨
[悲慘]
- miserable
- tragic
cǎntòng
惨痛
[慘痛]
- bitter
- painful
- deeply distressed
cǎnbái
惨白
[慘白]
- deathly pale
cǎnhuò
惨祸
[慘禍]
- terrible tragedy
- grave mishap
cǎnhóng
惨红
[慘紅]
- dark red
cǎnjìng
惨境
[慘境]
- wretched situation
cǎnjiào
惨叫
[慘叫]
- to scream
- blood-curdling screech
- miserable shriek
cǎnzāo
惨遭
[慘遭]
- to suffer (defeat, death etc)
cǎnzhòng
惨重
[慘重]
- disastrous
cǎnlù
惨戮
[慘戮]
- (literary) to massacre; to slaughter; to brutally kill
cǎnkù
惨酷
[慘酷]
- (literary) cruel; savage; merciless
cǎnshā
惨杀
[慘殺]
- to slaughter
- to kill mercilessly
cǎnshì
惨事
[慘事]
- disaster
cǎnbiàn
惨变
[慘變]
- calamitous turn of events
- (of one's complexion) to change markedly due to shock, illness etc; to turn deathly pale
cǎnxiào
惨笑
[慘笑]
- bitter smile
qīcǎn
凄惨
[悽慘]
- plaintive
- mournful
- miserable
cǎnrán
惨然
[慘然]
- grieved
- distressed
cǎndá
惨怛
[慘怛]
- grieved
- distressed
cǎnkuàng
惨况
[慘況]
- tragic situation; dreadful state
cǎndàn
惨淡
[慘淡]
- dark
- gloomy
- dismal
- by painstaking effort
cǎnliè
惨烈
[慘烈]
- bitter
- desperate
cǎnsǐ
惨死
[慘死]
- to die tragically
- to meet with a violent death
cǎnjù
惨剧
[慘劇]
- tragedy
- calamity
- atrocity
Bēicǎn Shìjiè
悲惨世界
[悲慘世界]
- Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果／维克多·雨果 ( Wéikèduō· Yǔguǒ)
cǎndànjīngyíng
惨淡经营
[慘淡經營]
- to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
cǎnzāobùxìng
惨遭不幸
[慘遭不幸]
- to meet with disaster
- to die tragically
shāngxīncǎnmù
伤心惨目
[傷心慘目]
- (idiom) too appalling to look at
cǎnbùrěnwén
惨不忍闻
[慘不忍聞]
- (idiom) dreadful to hear
cǎnwúréndào
惨无人道
[慘無人道]
- inhuman (idiom)
- brutal and unfeeling
cǎnjuérénhuán
惨绝人寰
[慘絕人寰]
- extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality
lücǎnhóngchóu
绿惨红愁
[綠慘紅愁]
- (of women) grieved appearance (idiom)
- sorrowful mien
cǎnbùrěndǔ
惨不忍睹
[慘不忍睹]
- lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom)
- fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious
sìyī'èrcǎn'àn
四一二惨案
[四一二慘案]
- the massacre of 12th Mar 1927
- the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists