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tragic beyond compare in the human world; a rare tragedy on earth; be extremely tragic; extremely brutal

Word usage

cǎn jué rén huán

惨 绝 人 寰

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sltragic beyond compare in the human world; a rare tragedy on earth; be extremely tragic; extremely brutal
- yī chǎng cǎn jué rén huán de jié nán
  一场惨绝人寰的劫难
  a holocaust tragic beyond compare
- cǎn jué rén huán de tú shā
  惨绝人寰的屠杀
  massacre of unparalleled savagery
- zhí mín zhě cǎn jué rén huán de tú shā le chéng qiān shàng wàn de tǔ zhù jū mín
  殖民者惨绝人寰地屠杀了成千上万的土著居民。
  The colonists massacred thousands of natives with brutal and callous force.
- cǎn jué rén huán de zāi nàn
  惨绝人寰的灾难
  extremely brutal disaster
synonym
cǎn bù rěn dǔ惨不忍睹 cǎn wú rén dào惨无人道 cǎn bù rěn wén惨不忍闻

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Note
1."惨绝人寰" is different from "惨无人道". "惨绝人寰" is used to describe the degree of cruelty; "惨无人道" is used to describe the cruelty of the method. 2."寰" cannot be written as "环".

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