不堪設想 [－－设－]

Jyutping bat1 ham1 cit3 soeng2
Pinyin bù kān shè xiǎng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. too horrible to contemplate
  2. unthinkable
  3. inconceivable
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    形容​某情況​太​恐怖​，​令人​唔​敢​想像​。
    used to describe a situation which is too fearful to contemplate or imagine
    • 後果不堪設想
      后果不堪设想
      hau6 gwo2 bat1 ham1 cit3 soeng2
      The consequences are too awful to contemplate.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    too dreadful to contemplate; too horrible to imagine
    • 後果不堪設想。
      后果不堪设想。
      hòu guǒ bù kān shè xiǎng ．
      The consequences will be disastrous.
    • 例如眼前國民黨反動派被我們所推翻，過去日本帝國主義被我們和各國人民所推翻，對於被推翻者來説，這是痛苦的，不堪設想的。
      例如眼前国民党反动派被我们所推翻，过去日本帝国主义被我们和各国人民所推翻，对于被推翻者来说，这是痛苦的，不堪设想的。
      lì rú yǎn qián guó mín dǎng fǎn dòng pài bèi wǒ men suǒ tuī fān ， guò qù rì běn dì guó zhǔ yì bèi wǒ men hé gè guó rén mín suǒ tuī fān ， duì yú bèi tuī fān zhě lái shuō ， zhè shì tòng kǔ de ， bù kān shè xiǎng de ．
      To be overthrown is painful and is unbearable to contemplate for those overthrown, for example, for the Kuomintang reactionaries whom we are now overthrowing and for Japanese imperialism which we together with other peoples overthrew some time ago.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    后果不堪设想
    後果不堪設想
    hau6 gwo2 bat1 ham1 cit3 soeng2
    • The consequences are too awful to contemplate.
    • the consequences would be too dreadful to imagine
  2. Cantonese
    不堪设想
    不堪設想
    bat1 ham1 cit3 soeng2
    • dare not to imagine the results
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    后果不堪设想。
    後果不堪設想。
    hòu guǒ bù kān shè xiǎng ．
    • The consequences will be disastrous.
  2. Mandarin
    例如眼前国民党反动派被我们所推翻，过去日本帝国主义被我们和各国人民所推翻，对于被推翻者来说，这是痛苦的，不堪设想的。
    例如眼前國民黨反動派被我們所推翻，過去日本帝國主義被我們和各國人民所推翻，對於被推翻者來説，這是痛苦的，不堪設想的。
    lì rú yǎn qián guó mín dǎng fǎn dòng pài bèi wǒ men suǒ tuī fān ， guò qù rì běn dì guó zhǔ yì bèi wǒ men hé gè guó rén mín suǒ tuī fān ， duì yú bèi tuī fān zhě lái shuō ， zhè shì tòng kǔ de ， bù kān shè xiǎng de ．
    • To be overthrown is painful and is unbearable to contemplate for those overthrown, for example, for the Kuomintang reactionaries whom we are now overthrowing and for Japanese imperialism which we together with other peoples overthrew some time ago.