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Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.disastrous; severe; to a serious degree
她冻惨了。
She nearly froze to death.
我们都被蚊子咬惨了。
We were all badly bitten by mosquitoes.
这回他们输惨了。
They suffered a crushing defeat this time.
- 2
adj.miserable; tragic; wretched; deplorable; pitiful
现在情况真惨。
The situation is truly tragic.
惨不忍睹
too horrible to look at
她死得很惨。
She died a tragic death.
- 3
adj.cruel; inhuman; merciless; brutal; savage
惨遭杀害
be murdered in cold blood
惨无人道
inhuman
Words and phrases with 惨
- 惨遭杀戮[word]be massacred in cold blood
- 惨况[word]miserable situation
- 惨笑[word]force a bitter smile
- 惨烈[word]wretched; tragic and heroic
- 惨淡[word]dim; taking great pains
- 惨遭杀害[word]be killed cruelly
- 惨恻[word]anguished
- 惨跌[word]fall heavily and uncontrollably
- 惨叫[word]give a blood-curdling scream
- 惨不忍闻[idiom]too tragic for words
- 惨不忍睹[idiom]be too horrible/tragic to look at
- 惨淡经营[idiom]keep going by painstaking effort
- 惨遭不幸[idiom]die a tragic death
- 惨绿少年[idiom]the young people who have refined manners
- 惨无天日[idiom]too dark, or full of suffering, that it is as if the sun were not in the sky
- 惨绝人寰[idiom]tragic beyond compare in the human world
- 惨无人道[idiom]brutal
- 惨绿愁红[idiom]devastated leaves and flowers
Word usage
- Note"惨" is different from "残". "残" means that actions and behaviors are very violent and vicious, which is an external manifestation; "惨" indicates that the inner feeling is very miserable and painful.