粵

慘caam2不bat1忍jan2睹dou2

simp惨不忍睹
caam2 bat1 jan2 dou2cǎn bù rěn dǔ

English

  1. lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom)
  2. too horrible to look at
  3. fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 非常淒慘、可怕,令人唔忍心睇到

Examples

  • 海嘯發生之後嘅沙灘,滿佈屍體,真係慘不忍睹。

    The beach after the tsunami is covered by corpses, it's just too horrible to look at.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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