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可怜 kě lián

HSK 4 word · traditional 可憐

Meanings

• pitiful
• pathetic
• to have pity on

Characters

• 可 kě: (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
• 怜 lián: to pity

Example sentences

可怜的猫。
Poor cat.
Tatoeba #4080215 by jordanlucas (CC BY 2.0 FR)

她照顾可怜的小鸟。
She took care of the poor little bird.
Tatoeba #5613613 by verdastelo9604 (CC BY 2.0 FR)

可怜死了！
How pitiful!
Tatoeba #9954832 by GlossaMatik (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).