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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

可怜 [kělián]
  1. 1. adjective pitiful
    那位病人看上去很可怜
    That patient looks pitiful.
    我存的那点钱少得可怜
    I've only managed to save a pitiful amount.
  2. 2. verb pity

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

可怜 [kělián]
  1. 1. 值得怜悯的
    八十多岁的孤老头,又有重病,怪可怜的。
  2. 2. 怜悯
    这样的人不必可怜他。
  3. 3. 形容数量少得很
    今年北方雨水少得可怜

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旧社会的暗门子通常都是些可怜的女人。
The unlicensed prostitutes were usually poor women.
可怜的流浪狗,是个疤瘌眼儿。
What a poor stray dog! It has a scar across one eye.
这个可怜的孩子是一个低智儿童。
This poor child is mentally retarded.
这个孩子真可怜,从小就没有爹娘。
This child is so pitiful, he lost his parents when he was very young.
车祸中,这只可怜的小狗死于非命。
This poor little puppy died in a traffic accident.
王先生的著作经诸家细心辑逸,数量依然少得可怜
Although carefully collected by many people, Mr. Wang's works are still very few.
这个读书人真是穷得可怜,冬天只穿着件夹衣。
The student is so poor that he only wears one lined garment in the cold winter.
她被人当街骂作贱物,太可怜了。
She was called a slut in the street; what a pitiful woman.
他才两岁啊,天天打针吃药,怪可怜见的!
He is just two years old. What a pity that he has to take pills and have injections every day.
从电视新闻中看到,非洲难民营里的孩子真可怜
The African children in refuge camps shown on TV news miserable.

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