차마

In a sentence

• 그는 차마 내 얼굴을 쳐다보지 못했다.

  He couldn't bear to look at my face.

  In this sentence, '차마' indicates the speaker's sense of mental pain or burden that inhibited taking action.

• 너무 슬퍼서 차마 말을 꺼낼 수가 없었다.

  I was so sad that I couldn’t dare to speak.

  Here, '차마' conveys an emotional overwhelm that prevents communication or action.

• 그를 차마 미워할 수가 없었다.

  I couldn't find it in myself to despise him.

  '차마' suggests a moral or emotional incapacity to hold a negative emotion strongly.