kān
huí
shǒu

idiom
literary

Meaning of 不堪回首

不堪回首 means cannot bear to look back; too painful or sad to recall. Pronounced bù kān huí shǒu.

  • cannot bear to look back; too painful or sad to recall

Definitions & Examples

Xiǎng
duàn
shī
bài
de
suì
yuè
 
zhēn
shì
wǎng
shì
kān
huí
shǒu
 

Thinking back on those years of failure, the past is truly too painful to recall.

guó
lún
xiàn
 
jiù
shì
kān
huí
shǒu
 

With the homeland fallen, the old times are too sorrowful to look back on.

jīng
de
chǎng
bēi
 
zhì
jīn
ràng
jué
de
kān
huí
shǒu
 

The tragedy he experienced still makes him feel it's unbearable to look back on.