hěn
Pinyin

Definition

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hěn
  1. ruthless
  2. fierce
  3. ferocious
  4. determined
  5. to harden (one's heart)
  6. old variant of 很[hěn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (9)

hěn
  1. 1 ruthless
  2. 2 fierce
  3. 3 ferocious
  4. 4 determined
  5. 5 to harden (one's heart)
  6. 6 old variant of 很[hěn]
hěn xīn
  1. 1 callous
  2. 2 heartless
hěn hěn
  1. 1 resolutely
  2. 2 firmly
  3. 3 ferociously
  4. 4 ruthlessly
xiōng hěn
xīn hěn shǒu là
  1. 1 vicious and merciless (idiom)

Idioms (1)

心狠手辣
xīn hěn shǒu là
  1. 1 vicious and merciless (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那个时代的人需要认识和反思自己,现代人同样需要。如果鲁迅现在还在世,肯定会用他的笔狠狠地写出现代人的弊病!
nàge shídài de rén xūyào rènshi hé fǎnsī zìjǐ ,xiàndàirén tóngyàng xūyào 。rúguǒ Lǔ Xùn xiànzài hái zàishì ,kěndìng huì yòng tā de bǐ hěn hěn de xiěchū xiàndàirén de bìbìng !
People in that time needed to get to know and rethink themselves, and people today need the same thing. If Lu Hsun were still alive, he would definitely take up his pen and write about the evils of modern people.
现在回头想想,除了记忆力退化,我的社交模式,和思考方式跟过去比起来,落差”狠”大,是狠狠地大。
xiànzài huítóu xiǎngxiang ,chúle jìyìlì tuìhuà ,wǒ de shèjiāo móshì ,hé sīkǎo fāngshì gēn guòqù bǐqǐlai ,luòchā ”hěn ”dà ,shì hěn hěn de dà 。
Thinking back now, as well as my memory deteriorating, my social skills and ability to think have deteriorated aggressively, very aggressively.
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宿舍门口那一对对就这样硬生生地被拆散了。我们宿管阿姨比王母娘娘还狠。
sùshè ménkǒu nà yīduìduì jiù zhèyàng yìngshēngshēng de bèi chāisàn le 。wǒmen sùguǎn āyí bǐ WángMǔniángniang hái hěn 。
All the couples at the entrance of the dormitory are being forcibly separated. Our dormitory management is more fierce than the Lady Queen Mother.
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张博你好狠啊!
Zhāng Bó nǐ hǎo hěn a !
Zhang Bo, you're so cruel!
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能想出这些点子来的人心该有多狠啊。从头到脚的刑具都给发明出来了。
néng xiǎngchū zhèxiē diǎnzi lái de rén xīn gāi yǒu duō hěn a 。cóngtóudàojiǎo de xíngjù dōu gěi fāmíng chūlái le 。
For someone to come up with ideas like these, they'd have to be really cruel. They've invented torture devices for every part of the body, from head to toe!
呵呵,算你狠。要不我们换个地方吧。
hēhē ,suànnǐhěn 。yàobu wǒmen huàn gè dìfang ba 。
Heh heh, you're brutal. How about we move somewhere else?
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她喝人血吃人肉,心狠手辣,诡计多端。
tā hē rén xiě chī rén ròu ,xīnhěnshǒulà ,guǐjìduōduān 。
She drank human blood and ate human flesh. She was cruel, merciless and full of tricks.
老板,你也太狠了吧!我们只是随便说说而已。
lǎobǎn ,nǐ yě tài hěn le ba !wǒmen zhǐshì suíbiàn shuō shuo éryǐ 。
Boss, you're too ruthless! It's just talk - that's all.
还不快盯上!动作干净点,下手要狠!
hái bù kuài dīngshàng !dòngzuò gānjìng diǎnr ,xiàshǒu yào hěn !
Keep your eyes on her! Make it clean, and show no mercy!
小顺子,你可比后宫的娘娘们还要狠毒呢!
Xiǎoshùnzi ,nǐ kě bǐ hòugōng de niángniang men hái yào hěndú ne !
Xiao Shunzi, you're even more vicious than the imperial concubines!