残酷(cán kù): cruel
cruel
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 残酷 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
他对动物很残酷。
tā duì dòng wù hěn cán kù
He is cruel to animals.
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