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The starving children were a pathetic sight.
They were sickened by the scenes of misery and degradation they found.

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Open the tool →凄惨 (qī cǎn) means “wretched; miserable”.
凄惨 is pronounced qī cǎn in Mandarin Chinese.
“wretched; miserable” is 凄惨 (qī cǎn) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 凄惨, each with pinyin and an English translation.