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慘絕人寰

简惨绝人寰 · 繁慘絕人寰

Mandarin · pinyin cǎn jué rén huán

extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality

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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
寰: huán · great domain, country, world
惨: cǎn · sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel
绝: jué · to cut, sever, break off, terminate

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3–2–2–2 · can3 jue2 ren2 huan2

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caam2 zyut6 jan4 waan4

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(idiomatic) to be extremely tragic; to be of unparalleled savagery (in human history)

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