惨不忍闻
cǎn​bù​rěn​wén

dreadful to hear

  • created sense approved 惨不忍闻/慘不忍聞 · cǎn​bù​rěn​wén · dreadful to hear — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惨不忍闻 / 慘不忍聞

    cǎn​bù​rěn​wén

    dreadful to hear

    (idiom) so tragic or miserable that one cannot bear to hear about it; sad and shocking news

    惨 (literal) → 惨/慘 · cǎn · miserable 不忍 (literal) → 不忍 · bù​rěn · cannot bear to 闻 (literal) → 闻/聞 · wén · to hear

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense