慘〔惨〕 caam² {cǎn}

unlucky

慘〔惨〕 caam² {cǎn}

1. miserable
2. wretched
3. cruel
4. inhuman
5. disastrous
6. tragic
7. dim
8. gloomy

慘情〔惨-〕 caam² cing⁴ {cǎn qíng}

miserable

慘敗〔惨败〕 caam² baai⁶ {cǎn bài}

to suffer a crushing defeat

慘白〔惨-〕 caam² baak⁶ {cǎn bái}

deathly pale

慘變〔惨变〕 caam² bin³ {cǎn biàn}

1. disastrous turn
2. tragic event

慘淡〔惨-〕 caam² daam⁶ {cǎn dàn}

1. dark
2. gloomy
3. dismal
4. by painstaking effort

慘怛〔惨-〕 caam² daat³ {cǎn dá}

1. grieved
2. distressed

慘毒〔惨-〕 caam² duk⁶ {cǎn dú}

1. cruel
2. vicious

慘況〔惨况〕 caam² fong³ {cǎn kuàng}

1. tragic situation
2. dreadful state

慘境〔惨-〕 caam² ging² {cǎn jìng}

wretched situation

慘景〔惨-〕 caam² ging² {cǎn jǐng}

wretched sight

慘叫〔惨-〕 caam² giu³ {cǎn jiào}

1. to scream
2. blood-curdling screech
3. miserable shriek

慘紅〔惨红〕 caam² hung⁴ {cǎn hóng}

dark red

慘然〔惨-〕 caam² jin⁴ {cǎn rán}

1. grieved
2. distressed

慘劇〔惨剧〕 caam² kek⁶ {cǎn jù}

1. tragedy
2. calamity
3. atrocity

慘烈〔惨-〕 caam² lit⁶ {cǎn liè}

1. bitter
2. desperate

慘案〔惨-〕 caam² on³ {cǎn àn}

1. massacre
2. tragedy
3. CL: 起

慘殺〔惨杀〕 caam² saat³ {cǎn shā}

1. to slaughter
2. to kill mercilessly

慘死〔惨-〕 caam² sei² {cǎn sǐ}

1. to die tragically
2. to meet with a violent death

慘事〔惨-〕 caam² si⁶ {cǎn shì}

disaster

慘笑〔惨-〕 caam² siu³ {cǎn xiào}

bitter smile

慘痛〔惨-〕 caam² tung³ {cǎn tòng}

1. bitter
2. painful
3. deeply distressed

慘禍〔惨祸〕 caam² wo⁶ {cǎn huò}

1. terrible tragedy
2. grave mishap

慘狀〔惨状〕 caam² zong⁶ {cǎn zhuàng}

1. devastation
2. miserable condition

慘遭〔惨-〕 caam² zou¹ {cǎn zāo}

to suffer (defeat, death etc)

慘重〔惨-〕 caam² zung⁶ {cǎn zhòng}

disastrous

慘綠愁紅〔惨绿-红〕 caam² luk⁶ sau⁴ hung⁴ {cǎn lǜ chóu hóng}

the feeling responding to one's sad life story

慘不忍睹〔惨---〕 caam² bat¹ jan² dou² {cǎn bù rěn dǔ}

1. spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight
2. appalling scenes of devastation

慘不忍聞〔惨--闻〕 caam² bat¹ jan² man⁴ {cǎn bù rěn wén}

1. too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle
2. appalling scenes of devastation

慘淡經營〔惨-经营〕 caam² daam⁶ ging¹ jing⁴ {cǎn dàn jīng yíng}

to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)

慘無人道〔惨无--〕 caam² mou⁴ jan⁴ dou⁶ {cǎn wú rén dào}

1. inhuman (idiom)
2. brutal and unfeeling

慘遭不幸〔惨---〕 caam² zou¹ bat¹ hang⁶ {cǎn zāo bù xìng}

1. to meet with disaster
2. to die tragically

慘絕人寰〔惨绝--〕 caam² zyut⁶ jan⁴ waan⁴ {cǎn jué rén huán}

extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality