不忍

cannot bear to / disturbed

cannot bear to

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

to bear / to endure / to tolerate / to restrain oneself

spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight / appalling scenes of devastation

lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom) / fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious

can't bear to

too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle / appalling scenes of devastation

lit. the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom); a scene too pitiful to behold

lit. the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom); a scene too pitiful to behold

(idiom) dreadful to hear

see 目不忍視|目不忍视[mu4 bu4 ren3 shi4]

lit. the eye cannot bear to see it (idiom) / fig. pitiful to behold

can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful)

(idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience

to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)