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Definition(s) for: 惨不忍睹

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
惨不忍睹 cǎn bù rěn dǔ - lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom)
- fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious

List Ranking:

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 16,134 21,722 12,744

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
惨 cǎn- miserable
- wretched
- cruel
- inhuman
- disastrous
- tragic
- dim
- gloomy
不 bù- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
忍 rěn- to bear
- to endure
- to tolerate
- to restrain oneself
睹 dǔ- to observe
- to see
睹 dǔ- old variant of 睹[du3]

Other Words Containing 惨不忍睹

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
惨不忍睹 - - 16,134 21,722 12,744