惨绝人寰

慘絕人寰
cǎnjué-rénhuán
idiom #28,201

Meanings

  1. 1 extremely tragic
  2. 2 of unprecedented brutality
  3. 3 the worst atrocity in the human world

Examples

Zhè chǎngdì zhèn zàochéng le cǎnjuérénhuán de pòhuài, shùwàn rén línàn.
The earthquake caused devastation of unprecedented tragedy, killing tens of thousands.
Zhànzhēng dàilái de cǎnjuérénhuán de kǔnàn lìngrén bù rěn zhíshì.
The unspeakable suffering brought by war is too painful to look upon directly.

Tips

memory
(tragic) + (extreme/surpassing all) + (the human world) — so tragic that it surpasses anything ever seen in the human world. Reserve for the gravest catastrophes.

Stroke Order

cǎn
jué
rén
huán