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惨痛 (cǎn tòng): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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惨痛

惨痛 (cǎn tòng): Painful / Heartrending (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

惨痛 consists of 2 characters.

miserable, tragic, cruel

pain, ache, sorrow

Word Info

Pinyincǎn tòng

MeaningPainful / Heartrending

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

SyntaxAdjective

Word惨痛

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How to Use 惨痛 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 惨痛 with other words naturally.

Adjective + Noun

cǎn惨

tòng痛

de的

jīng经

lì历

neutral

painful experience

cǎn惨

tòng痛

de的

jiào教

xùn训

neutral

painful lesson

Verb + Complementwith经历

jīng经

lì历

cǎn惨

tòng痛

Subject + Predicatewith代价

dài代

jià价

cǎn惨

tòng痛

4.

Example Sentences with 惨痛

tā他

shuāi摔

le了

yī一

jiāo跤

，

hěn很

cǎn

neutral

experience pain

formal

costly price

惨

tòng痛

。

He fell down and it was very painful.

zhè这

cì次

shī失

bài败

gěi给

wǒ我

men们

liú留

xià下

le了

cǎn惨

tòng痛

de的

jiào教

xùn训

。

This failure left us with a painful lesson.

nà那

duàn段

cǎn惨

tòng痛

de的

jīng经

lì历

zhì至

jīn今

réng仍

ràng让

tā他

xīn心

yǒu有

yú余

jì悸

。

That painful experience still makes him shudder to this day.

lì历

shǐ史

xué学

jiā家

fēn分

xī析

le了

zhè这

chǎng场

cǎn惨

tòng痛

chōng冲

tū突

de的

shēn深

céng层

yuán原

yīn因

。

Historians analyzed the underlying causes of this heartrending conflict.

zhè这

cì次

shī失

bài败

gěi给

le了

wǒ我

men们

yí一

gè个

cǎn惨

tòng痛

de的

jiào教

xùn训

。

This failure gave us a painful lesson.

nán难

dào道

wǒ我

men们

bì必

xū须

zài再

cì次

chéng承

shòu受

rú如

cǐ此

cǎn惨

tòng痛

de的

dài代

jià价

ma吗

？

Must we bear such a painful cost once again?

zhè这

cì次

hé合

zuò作

bìng并

wèi未

dài带

lái来

rèn任

hé何

cǎn惨

tòng痛

de的

hòu后

guǒ果

。

This cooperation did not lead to any painful consequences.

zhàn战

zhēng争

gěi给

rén人

men们

dài带

lái来

le了

cǎn惨

tòng痛

de的

huí回

yì忆

。

The war brought painful memories to people.

jǐn尽

guǎn管

guò过

chéng程

cǎn惨

tòng痛

，

dàn但

zuì最

zhōng终

cù促

chéng成

le了

zhì制

dù度

de的

gé革

xīn新

。

Although the process was painful, it ultimately facilitated institutional reform.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 惨痛.

Words with 惨

悲惨bēi cǎnHSK 6
惨白cǎn báiHSK 7-9
惨重cǎn zhòngHSK 7-9

Words with 痛

头痛tóu tòngHSK 4
疼痛téng tòngHSK 5
痛快tòng kuàiHSK 5
痛苦tòng kǔHSK 5
悲痛bēi tòngHSK 7-9
痛心tòng xīnHSK 7-9
痛阈tòng yù