惨痛

heavy, painful (cost or price)

adjective Rare #29,400
heavy, painful (cost or price) Usually describes a serious loss or cost, especially in the phrase 惨痛的代价 (a heavy price).
CH: 这次失败让我们付出了惨痛的代价。
EN: This failure made us pay a heavy price.

她可是付出了惨痛的代价

But she paid a terrible price.

— 焦土之城 (2010)

非常非常惨痛的代价

A very, very painful price.

— 焦土之城 (2010)

我们可以和平共处只要你为燃烧的西谷…以及死在那儿的孩童付出惨痛代价

We can coexist peacefully, as long as you pay a heavy price for Burning Xigu… and the children who died there.

— 指环王3:王者无敌 (2003)

“我为过去的错误付出惨痛代价”

I paid a heavy price for my past mistakes.

— 控制 (2007)