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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

凶残 [xiōngcán]
  1. 1. adjective savage

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

凶残 [xiōngcán]
  1. 1. fierce and cruel; savage and cruel; vicious
    凶残成性
    be cruel by nature
  2. 2. [Literary] a fierce and cruel person

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

凶残 [xiōngcán]
  1. 1. 凶狠残忍
    手段极其凶残

Examples

凶残的奴隶主剜掉了奴隶的双眼。
The brutal slave owner gouged out the slave's eyes.
手段极其凶残
凶残至极。
Three beautiful young women are suspected of committing a series of brutal murders.
三名漂亮的年轻人被怀疑实施了这一系列凶残的谋杀。
He has a brutal desire to kill his wife.
他有了杀死他妻子的凶残念头。
The police alerted the public of a butcher on the loose.
警察向公众发出警告,有一名凶残的杀手在逃。
A year later she was brutally murdered hundreds of miles away.
一年后她被凶残地谋杀在数百英里外。
During the ensuing months, a fierce battle raged on.
在随后的几个月中,一场凶残的战争在大地上肆虐。

Collocations

生性凶残
to be cruel by nature
凶残成性
to be cruel by nature
凶残可怕
fierce and cruel
非常凶残
very cruel
凶残报复
to fiercely take revenge
凶残得很
very cruel
凶残的歹徒
a fierce gangster

Word Decomposition


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