惭 (慚)
cán
Pinyin

Definition

惭 (慚)
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cán
  1. ashamed

Character Decomposition

Related Words (3)

惭愧
cán kuì
  1. 1 ashamed
大言不惭
dà yán bù cán
  1. 1 to boast shamelessly
  2. 2 to talk big
羞惭
xiū cán
  1. 1 a disgrace
  2. 2 ashamed

Idioms (1)

自惭形秽
zì cán xíng huì
  1. 1 to feel ashamed of one's inferiority (idiom)
  2. 2 to feel inferior

Sample Sentences

发达国家真不要脸，自己的农产品补贴那么高，还成天大言不惭地要我们中国降低补贴、人民币升值。哪有这种事儿？
fādáguójiā zhēn bùyàoliǎn ，zìjǐ de nóngchǎnpǐn bǔtiē nàme gāo ，hái chéngtiān dàyánbùcán de yào wǒmen Zhōngguó jiàngdī bǔtiē 、rénmínbì shēngzhí 。nǎyǒu zhèzhǒng shìr ？
Developed countries are really shameless! Their own agricultural subsidies are so high, and they're making a huge fuss all the time, calling for China to lower its subsidies and allow the Renminbi to appreciate. What's the big idea?!
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还真没看出来你竟然这么用功，听你这么一说，我都觉得惭愧。
hái zhēn méi kàn chūlái nǐ jìngrán zhème yònggōng ，tīng nǐ zhème yī shuō ，wǒ dōu juéde cánkuì 。
I would never have picked you for such a hard worker. Hearing you talk like this, I feel ashamed.
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哈哈，其实我感觉我还是没有达到好男人的标准。因为工作的关系，陪伴在我爱人身边的时间太少，惭愧惭愧啊。我想借此机会感谢她对我的支持。
hāhā ，qíshí wǒ gǎnjué wǒ háishì méiyǒu dádào hǎo nánrén de biāozhǔn 。yīnwèi gōngzuò de guānxi ，péibàn zài wǒ àiren shēnbiān de shíjiān tài shǎo ，cánkuì cánkuì a 。wǒ xiǎng jiècǐ jīhuì gǎnxiè tā duì wǒ de zhīchí 。
Ha-ha. Actually, I feel as though I still haven’t reached the standard of a ‘good man’. Due to work-related stuff, I have too little time to spend with my wife. I’m ashamed, really. I want to take this opportunity to thank her for all her support.
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