惨
重

Disastrous in Chinese: 惨重 (cǎn zhòng)

cǎn zhòng

disastrous

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 慘重1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1disastrous

Stroke order

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惨
重

Zhuyin

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ㄘㄢˇ

cǎn

ㄘ/ cㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄓㄨㄥˋ

zhòng

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

惨重

Simplified

慘重

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这场大火造成了惨重的损失。

    zhè chǎng dà huǒ zào chéng le cǎn zhòng de sǔn shī。

    This big fire caused disastrous losses.

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Related words

重

zhòng

heavy

惨

cǎn

miserable

重要

zhòng yào

important

严重

yán zhòng

grave

重点

zhòng diǎn

important point

重视

zhòng shì

to attach importance to sth

重新

chóng xīn

again

尊重

zūn zhòng

to esteem

重复

chóng fù

to repeat

重量

zhòng liàng

weight

重大

zhòng dà

great

沉重

chén zhòng

heavy

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