惨不忍睹

cǎnbùrěndǔ

too horrible (or tragic) to look at

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cǎn bù rěn dǔ

adj. too horrible to look at, too tragic to look at

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can3 bu4 ren3 du3

spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight, appalling scenes of devastation

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惨不忍睹

cǎn bù rěn dǔ

too horrible (ghastly) to look at; could not bear the sight; so horrible that one could hardly bear to look at it; so miserable that one cannot bear seeing it:

在那些村庄里， 凝固汽油弹造成的破坏景象惨不忍睹。 In those villages， the destruction caused by napalm bombs was so appalling that one could hardly bear the sight of it.

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慘不忍睹|惨不忍睹 [cǎn bù rěn dǔ] ► spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight ► appalling scenes of devastation