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不忍

bù rěn

2-character word

What 不忍 means

1. cannot bear to

The characters in 不忍

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 忍rěnto bear; to endure; to tolerate

Example sentences

• 我不忍目睹这种残酷的行径。
  Wǒ bù rěn mùdǔ zhèzhǒng cánkù de xíngjìng.
  I cannot abide to see such cruelty.
• 君子对于飞禽走兽，见到它们活着，便不忍心见到它们死；听到它们哀叫，便不忍心吃它们的肉。
  Jūnzǐ duìyú fēiqínzǒushòu, jiàndào tāmen huózhe, biàn bù rěnxīn jiàndào tāmen sǐ; tīngdào tāmen āi jiào, biàn bù rěnxīn chī tāmen de ròu.
  The superior man is affected towards animals: having seen them alive, he cannot bear to see them die; having heard their cries, he cannot bear to eat their flesh.

Words containing 不忍

• 惨不忍睹cǎn bù rěn dǔlit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom); fig. miserable; horrendous…
• 于心不忍yú xīn bù rěncan't bear to