Keyword
miserable
- wretched
- cruel
- inhuman
- Frequency
- #1500
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
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Mnemonic
忄 (heart) gives the meaning and 参 the sound.
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Used in vocabulary
惨
miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy
悲惨
miserable; tragic
惨案
massacre; tragedy
惨重
disastrous
惨遭
to suffer (defeat, death etc)
惨败
to suffer a crushing defeat
惨烈
bitter; desperate
惨剧
tragedy; calamity; atrocity
惨痛
bitter; painful; deeply distressed
凄惨
plaintive; mournful; miserable
惨死
to die tragically; to meet with a violent death
惨不忍睹
lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom); fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious
惨淡
dark; gloomy; dismal; by painstaking effort
惨叫
to scream; blood-curdling screech; miserable shriek
惨状
devastation; miserable condition
惨白
deathly pale
惨绝人寰
extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality
悲惨世界
Les Misérables (1862) by Victor Hugo 維克多·维克多·雨果[Wei2 ke4 duo1 · Yu3 guo3]
惨无人道
inhuman (idiom); brutal and unfeeling
惨况
tragic situation; dreadful state
惨事
disaster
惨杀
to slaughter; to kill mercilessly
惨祸
terrible tragedy; grave mishap
惨淡经营
to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)