HSK 3.0 Vocabulary
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HSK 7–9 · adjective · Practice

残酷

cánkù

cruel; brutal; harsh

现实有时比想象更残酷。

Xiànshí yǒushí bǐ xiǎngxiàng gèng cánkù。

Reality is sometimes harsher than imagination.

← 残cán 残留cánliú →
残疾 cánjí disability; physically disabled; the disabled 酷 kù cool; awesome 残 cán to be damaged; to remain; incomplete 残留 cánliú to remain; to be left over; residual 残缺 cánquē to be incomplete; to be damaged; defective 残忍 cánrěn cruel; ruthless; brutal 摧残 cuīcán to ruin; to damage; to devastate 酷似 kùsì to closely resemble; to look exactly like 冷酷 lěngkù cold-hearted; ruthless; callous 伤残 shāngcán to be disabled; disability 凶残 xiōngcán cruel and savage; brutal
HSK 3.0 Vocabulary

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