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沉痛

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

沉痛 [chéntòng]
  1. 1. adjective [心情] grieving
  2. 2. adjective [教训] bitter

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

沉痛 [chéntòng]
  1. 1. with a deep feeling of grief or remorse; heavy at heart; grievous
    得到老友去世的消息，他的心情很沉痛。
    怀着沉痛的心情
    be deeply grieved
  2. 2. deeply felt; bitter
    我们应该吸取这次沉痛的教训。
    应该接受这个沉痛的教训。
    It is necessary to learn a lesson from this bitter experience.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

沉痛 [chéntòng]
  1. 1. 形 极其悲痛
    心情沉痛
  2. 2. 形 深刻而痛心
    沉痛的教训
See more results for 沉痛 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

怀着沉痛的心情
be deeply grieved → 沉痛
应该接受这个沉痛的教训。
It is necessary to learn a lesson from this bitter experience. → 沉痛
沉痛悼念
mourn with deep grief → 悼念
我们对他的逝世表示了沉痛的哀悼。 → 哀悼
沉痛悼念不幸遇难的战友。 → 不幸
得到老友去世的消息，他的心情很沉痛。 → 沉痛
我们应该吸取这次沉痛的教训。 → 沉痛
沉痛哀悼南京大屠杀中枉死的南京同胞! → 枉死
先生不幸遇难，全校师生沉痛悼念。 → 悼念
惊闻恶耗, 我心情十分沉痛。
On hearing the bad news, I sank into deep grief. → 凶讯
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Collocations

沉痛的心情
grief feeling
十分沉痛
greatly painful

Word Decomposition

沉
[chén] 		+ 痛
[tòng]

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