惨不忍睹

Traditional form:

慘不忍睹

Pinyin (reading):

cǎnbùrěndǔ

Definitions:

• lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom)
• fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious

Characters:

• 惨 - miserable, wretched; cruel, inhuman
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 忍 - to endure, to bear, to suffer, to tolerate
• 睹 - to look at, to gaze at; to observe

Traditional characters:

• 慘 - miserable, wretched; cruel, inhuman
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 忍 - to endure, to bear, to suffer, to tolerate
• 睹 - to look at, to gaze at; to observe