"Dreadful" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 可怕 | kě pà | awful / dreadful / fearful / formidable / frightful / scary / hideous / horrible / terrible / terribly |   |
| 了得 | liǎo de | exceptional / outstanding / dreadful / appalling | |
| 骇人 | hài rén | terrifying / shocking / dreadful | |
| 可畏 | kě wèi | dreadful / formidable | |
| 糟透 | zāo tòu | in a bad state / horrible / dreadful / entirely regrettable | |
| 拍案 | pāi àn | lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc) / fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc | |
| 死有余辜 | sǐ yǒu yú gū | death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom) / dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead | |
| 惨况 | cǎn kuàng | tragic situation / dreadful state | |
