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Meaning of 残

Pinyin cán

Radical

歹

Strokes

Definition

destroy / spoil / ruin / injure / cruel / oppressive / savage / incomplete / disabled

Usage

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残 (cán) 1. (verb) To harm; to damage. - Examples: - 摧残 (to devastate) - 残害 (to inflict harm) 2. (verb) To destroy; to demolish. - Examples: - 残略 (to plunder and destroy) - 残坏 (to ruin; to destroy) 3. (verb) To wither. - Example: - 残花 (withered flowers) 4. (adjective) Ruthless; atrocious. - Examples: - 残忍 (ruthless) - 残酷 (cruel) 5. (adjective) Incomplete; disabled. - Examples: - 残缺 (incomplete) - 残卷 (remnants of a book) 6. (adjective) Surplus; remnant; remaining. - Examples: - 残雪 (remaining snow) - 残老 (aged but surviving) 7. (adjective) Final; last. - Example: - 残年 (the last years of a person's life) 8. (noun) Refers to a ferocious person; someone brutal and unprincipled. - Example: - 残暴 (ferocious) This entry captures the multi-faceted meanings of the character "残," reflecting its uses across verbs, adjectives, and nouns.

苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn

to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)

残喘 cán chuǎn

remaining breath / last gasp

断壁残垣 duàn bì cán yuán

dilapidated walls

残垣断壁 cán yuán duàn bì

crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)

断垣残壁 duàn yuán cán bì

debris / dilapidated walls

残匪 cán fěi

Bandit

残存 cán cún

to survive / remnant

残废 cán fèi

deformity / handicapped

残羹剩饭 cán gēng shèng fàn

leftovers from a meal / fig. remnants handed down from others

凶残 xiōng cán

savage / cruel / fierce

残忍 cán rěn

cruel / mean / merciless / ruthless

摧残 cuī cán

to ravage / to ruin

残暴 cán bào

brutal / vicious / ruthless

残酷 cán kù

cruel / cruelty

残疾人 cán jí rén

disabled person

残疾 cán jí

disabled / handicapped / deformity on a person or animal

残破 cán pò

broken / dilapidated

残留 cán liú

to remain / left over / surplus / remnant

伤残 shāng cán

disabled / maimed / crippled / (of objects) damaged

残骸 cán hái

remains / wreckage

残害 cán hài

to injure / to devastate / to slaughter

残缺 cán quē

badly damaged / shattered

残杀 cán shā

to massacre / to slaughter

自相残杀 zì xiāng cán shā

to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife

残部 cán bù

defeated remnants / scattered survivors

残渣 cán zhā

remainder / filtered out residue / sediment / waste product / debris / detritus / rubbish

风烛残年 fēng zhú cán nián

one's late days / to have one foot in the grave

残余 cán yú

remnant / relic / residue / vestige / surplus / to remain / to leave surplus

残羹冷饭 cán gēng lěng fàn

leftovers / remains of food / leavings of meals / crumbs from the table

残羹 cán gēng

leftovers from a meal

残肢 cán zhī

stump

残虐 cán nüè

mistreatment / bullying / tyrannical cruelty

残酷无情 cán kù wú qíng

cruel and unfeeling (idiom)

残酷性 cán kù xìng

ruthlessness