残 忍

cánrěn

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Cruel” in Chinese is 残忍 (cánrěn).

Meaning

cruel; merciless; ruthless

Example

太残忍了。

That's very cruel.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

cánHSK 69 strokesto destroy rěnHSK 57 strokesto bear

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