惨 (慘) cǎn
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cǎn
adjective
tragic; miserable; wretched
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '慘'; Unihan '慘') -
cǎn
adjective
cruel
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '慘'; Unihan '慘')
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- 惨淡经营(慘淡經營) to manage by painstaking effort
- 惨不忍睹(慘不忍睹) spectacle too horrible to endure; tragic sight; appalling scenes of devastation
- 惨无人道(慘無人道) inhuman; brutal and unfeeling
- 惨景(慘景) wretched sight
- 绿惨红愁(綠慘紅愁) (of women) grieved appearance ; sorrowful mien
- 惨澹(慘澹) dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort
- 惨杀(慘殺) to slaughter; to kill mercilessly
- 惨死(慘死) to die tragically; to meet with a violent death
- 惨况(慘況) tragic situation; dreadful state
- 伤心惨目(傷心慘目) too appalling to look at
- 哀惨(哀慘) distressing
- 愀惨(愀慘) miserable
- 惨遭(慘遭) to suffer (defeat, death etc)
- 惨案(慘案) massacre; tragedy
- 悲惨(悲慘) miserable; tragic
- 中心惨怛(中心慘怛) oppressing man's heart
- 惨祸(慘禍) terrible tragedy; grave mishap
- 惨绝人寰(慘絕人寰) extremely tragic; with unprecedented brutality
- 惨怛(慘怛) grieved; distressed
- 惨痛(慘痛) bitter; painful; deeply distressed
- 惨笑(慘笑) to smile bitterly
- 惨遭不幸(慘遭不幸) to meet with disaster; to die tragically
- 惨叫(慘叫) to scream; blood-curdling screech; miserable shriek
- 悽惨(悽慘) plaintive; mournful; miserable
- 惨淡(慘淡) dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort
- 惨重(慘重) disastrous
- 惨白(慘白) deathly pale
- 惨境(慘境) wretched situation
- 惨变(慘變) disastrous turn; tragic event
- 悲惨世界(悲慘世界) Les Misérables
- 惨不忍闻(慘不忍聞) too horrible to endure; tragic spectacle; appalling scenes of devastation
- 惨剧(慘劇) tragedy; calamity; atrocity
- 惨凄(慘悽) miserable and desolate
- 惨状(慘狀) devastation; miserable condition
- 凄惨 plaintive; mournful; miserable
- 惨烈(慘烈) bitter; desperate
- 惨然(慘然) grieved; distressed
- 惨红(慘紅) dark red
- 惨事(慘事) disaster
- 惨毒(慘毒) cruel; vicious
- 惨败(慘敗) to suffer a crushing defeat
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- 卷二百零九 列傳第一百三十四 酷吏 Volume 209 Biographies 134: Cruel Officials New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 6
- 卷一百二十二 志第七十五 禮二十五 Volume 122 Treatises 75: Rites 25 History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
- 卷九十五 志第七十一 刑法三 Volume 95 Treatises 71: Punishment and Law 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
- 第二回 Chapter 5 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
- 卷一百四十 志第九十三 樂十五 Volume 140 Treatises 93: Music 15 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 卷四十二 蜀書十二 杜周杜許孟來尹李譙郤傳 Volume 42: Book of Shu 12 - Biographies of Du, Zhou, Du, Xu, Meng, Lai, Yin, Li, Qiao, and Xi Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 4
- 卷一百二十五 志第七十八 禮二十八 Volume 125 Treatises 78: Rites 28 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 小雅‧谷風之什‧北山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Bei Shan The Book of Songs 詩經 — count: 4
- 卷三百五十五 列傳第一百十四 賈易 董敦逸 上官均 來之邵 葉濤 楊畏 崔台符 楊汲 呂嘉問 李南公 董必 虞策 郭知章 Volume 355 Biographies 114: Jia Yi, Dong Dunyi, Shang Guanjun, Lai ZhiShao, Ye Tao, Yang Wei, Cui Taifu, Yang Ji, Lu Jiawen, Li Nangong, Dong Bi, Yu Ce, Guo Zhizhang History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
Collocations
- 惨惨 (慘慘) 憂心慘慘 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧正月 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Zheng Yue — count: 20
- 惨虐 (慘虐) 嬴氏慘虐 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十二 蜀書十二 杜周杜許孟來尹李譙郤傳 Volume 42: Book of Shu 12 - Biographies of Du, Zhou, Du, Xu, Meng, Lai, Yin, Li, Qiao, and Xi — count: 6
- 惨酷 (慘酷) 雖慘酷 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《酷吏列傳》 Biographies of Cruel Officials — count: 6
- 惨急 (慘急) 長吏益慘急而法令明察 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《平準書》 Equalization — count: 5
- 苛惨 (苛慘) 加其細政苛慘 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十四上 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74a: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 1 — count: 5
- 行惨 (行慘) 而行慘急之誅於諫爭之臣 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷七十七 蓋諸葛劉鄭孫毌將何傳 Volume 77: Gai, Zhuge, Liu, Zheng, Sun, Wujiang and He — count: 5
- 忧惨 (憂慘) 夙夜憂慘 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十四 蜀書十四 蔣琬費禕姜維傳 Volume 44: Book of Shu 14 - Biographies of Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, and Jiang Wei — count: 5
- 惨怆 (慘愴) 民鬼慘愴 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十一 左周黃列傳 Volume 61: Biographies of Zuo, Zhou, Huang — count: 4
- 惨悴 (慘悴) 父則為之慘悴 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷27 穆崇 Volume 27: Mu Chong — count: 4
- 辛惨 (辛慘) 辛慘 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷十九 志第十一 五行 Volume 19 Treatises 11: Five Elements — count: 4