No. 5,741 in Chinese
可怜
Pitiful; pathetic; pitiable.
In a sentence
这些小动物很可怜，因为它们没有家。
These small animals are pitiful because they have no home.
In this sentence, '可怜' is used to express sympathy and pity toward the state of the small animals not having a home.
她在街头乞讨，生活十分可怜。
She begs on the street, her life is very pitiful.
Here, '可怜' conveys a sense of misfortune about the person's difficult living conditions.
他并不可怜，因为他并没有付出努力。
He is not pitiful at all because he hasn't made any effort.
In this usage, '可怜' is employed within a negative construction to argue against feeling pity for someone's situation.
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