the disabled pl ⇒ 伤残军人 shāngcán jūnrén → a disabled soldier
凶残
savage
摧残
destroy
残余
remaining ⇒ 战败后,残余的部队逃回老家。 Zhànbài hòu, cányú de bùduì táo huí lǎojiā. → After their defeat, the remaining troops fled home.
残存
survive ⇒ 这是唯一残存的陶器样品。 Zhè shì wéiyī cáncún de táoqì yàngpǐn. → This is the only surviving example of pottery. ⇒ 公司里仍残存着性别歧视现象。 Gōngsī li réng cáncúnzhe xìngbié qíshì xiànxiàng. → Sexual discrimination still goes on in the company.
残害
devastate ⇒ 战争残害了无数生命。 Zhànzhēng cánhàile wúshù shēngmìng. → The war devastated the lives of countless people.
残局
mess ⇒ 公司倒闭后,只有经理在收拾残局。 Gōngsī dǎobì hòu, zhǐyǒu jīnglǐ zài shōushi cánjú. → When the company closed only the manager was left to clear up the mess.
残年
final years pl ⇒ 老人无儿无女,只能孤单单地度过残年。 Lǎorén wú ér wú nǚ, zhǐ néng gūdāndān de dùguò cánnián. → The old man had no children, and lived out his final years in loneliness.
残废
be disabled ⇒ 他中风后残废了。 Tā zhòngfēng hòu cánfèi le. → He was disabled by his stroke. ⇒ 车祸使她成了残废。 Chēhuò shǐ tā chéngle cánfèi. → The car accident left her disabled.
残忍
cruel
残暴
cruel ⇒ 侵略者的残暴 qīnlüèzhě de cánbào → the cruelty of the invaders
残杀
brutally kill
残次
damaged ⇒ 残次品 cáncì pǐn → damaged goods
残疾
disability ⇒ 残疾人 cánjírén → people with disabilities ⇒ 欢迎有残疾的人报名参加。 Huānyíng yǒu cánjí de rén bàomíng cānjiā. → People with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply.
残缺
deficient
残酷
brutal ⇒ 残酷的市场竞争 cánkù de shìchǎng jìngzhēng → brutal market competition ⇒ 他被敌人残酷地杀害了。 Tā bèi dírén cánkù de shāhài le. → He was brutally murdered by the enemy.
残骸
wreckage
抱残守缺
cling to the past ⇒ 要强化创新意识,不能抱残守缺。 Yào qiánghuà chuàngxīn yìshi, bùnéng bào cán shǒu quē. → We must emphasize creativity, and break the pattern of clinging to the past.
English translation of '残'
残 (殘)
(cán)
形
(指器物) defective
(指人或动物) disabled
⇒ 这是匹好马,可惜残了。 (Zhè shì pǐ hǎo mǎ, kěxī cán le.) This is a good horse. It's a shame it's lame.