(coll.) to regret; what a pity! (loanword from Japanese "zannen")
trad. 殘念
Also written 殘念【cán niàn】
Characters in this word
2残
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to destroy, to spoil, to ruin, to injure, cruel, oppressive, savage, brutal, incomplete, disabled, to remain, to survive, remnant, surplus
- Pinyin
- cán
- Traditional
- 殘
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 17754 of 2500
念
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variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud
- Pinyin
- niàn
- Traditional
- 唸
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3471 of 2500