怎能

nǐ zěn néng rú cǐ nüè dài yī gè hái zi

你怎能如此虐待一个孩子？

How can you inflict such cruelty on a child?

tā zěn néng zài fù qīn kùn nan de shí hou duì qí qì zhī bù gù ne

她怎能在父亲困难的时候对其弃之不顾呢？

How could she abandon her father now, in his hour of need?