惨不忍睹 (慘不忍睹)
cǎn bù rěn dǔ
Pinyin

Definition

惨不忍睹 (慘不忍睹)
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cǎn bù rěn dǔ
  1. spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight
  2. appalling scenes of devastation

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
不仅
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also
不到
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

别提了，空乘人员全是阿姨级的，那腰都能堵住过道了，简直惨不忍睹。
bié tí le ，kōngchéng rényuán quán shì āyíjí de ，nà yāo dōu néng dǔ zhù guòdào le ，jiǎnzhí cǎnbùrěndǔ 。
Don't ask, all the air hostesses were middle aged, with hips that blocked the whole aisle, it was simply unbearable to watch.
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一瞬间，人们生活的地方变成了地狱，惨不忍睹。
yīshùnjiān ，rénmen shēnghuó de dìfang biànchéng le dìyù ，cǎnbùrěndǔ 。
In an instant the peoples' lives had become a living hell. It was a horrible sight to behold.
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