차마

차마

"차마" means "cannot bring oneself to do something due to emotional or moral reluctance."

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

너무 슬퍼서 차마 말을 꺼낼 수가 없었다.

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

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

그를 차마 미워할 수가 없었다.

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

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

그는 차마 내 얼굴을 쳐다보지 못했다.

He couldn't bear to look at my face.