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惭 cán

ashamed, humiliated; shameful

Strokes
11
Level
HSK 5
Radical
忄
Traditional
慚
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 忄斩 ⿰忄斩

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  1. 做错了事，他感到很惭愧。
    Zuò cuò le shì, tā gǎndào hěn cánkuì.
    Having done something wrong, he felt very ashamed.
    do wrong (particle) thing he feel very ashamed
  2. 你觉得惭愧吗？
    Nǐ juéde cánkuì ma?
    Do you feel ashamed?
    you feel ashamed (question)
  3. 犯了错就应该感到惭愧，然后改正。
    Fàn le cuò jiù yīnggāi gǎndào cánkuì, ránhòu gǎizhèng.
    If you make a mistake, you should feel ashamed and then correct it.
    commit (particle) mistake then should feel ashamed then correct
  4. 他一点儿也不惭愧，还继续找借口。
    Tā yìdiǎnr yě bù cánkuì, hái jìxù zhǎo jièkǒu.
    He wasn't ashamed at all and kept making excuses.
    he a-bit also not ashamed still continue find excuse
  5. 那天晚上，他一直感到惭愧，睡不着觉。
    Nà tiān wǎnshang, tā yìzhí gǎndào cánkuì, shuì bu zháo jiào.
    That night, he kept feeling ashamed and couldn't fall asleep.
    that day evening he always feel ashamed sleep not able sleep

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