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| Phonetics: | ||
| Tone colors (āáǎàa): |
| Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| bei1 chaam2 | bei1 caam2 | miserable / tragic |
| Simplified Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bei1 | bei1 | sad / sadness / sorrow / grief | ||
| chaam2 | caam2 | miserable / wretched / cruel / inhuman / disastrous / tragic / dim / gloomy |
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Life on a desert island is wretched.
There seems to be no way of diplomatically breaking tragic news.
He was killed in a tragic accident at the age of 24.
There developed a practice that came to a tragic and terrible end.
The author's intention is to keep everyone guessing until the bitter end.
They have maintained their optimism in the face of desolating subjugation.
He was kept in prison for weeks without food and died like a dog.
I found George's story very sad. Please give him my best wishes.
