忍jan2心sam1

English

1. to have the heart to do sth
2. to steel oneself to a task
3. hard-hearted; pitiless; usually used in a negative sentence or a rhetorical questionunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 冷漠無情，多數用喺否定句或者反問句unreviewed?

Examples

• 我不忍心看到你這個樣子。

  I can't bear to see you like this.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

• 君子對於飛禽走獸，見到它們活著，便不忍心見到它們死；聽到它們哀叫，便不忍心吃它們的肉。

  The superior man is affected towards animals: having seen them alive, he cannot bear to see them die; having heard their cries, he cannot bear to eat their flesh.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

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  我唔忍心拒絕佢哋嘅要求。

  I am not hard-hearted enough to turn down their request.

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  你真係忍心拋棄我哋兩母子咩？

  Are you really so hard-hearted to disown us, mother and child?