tú​tàn

extreme misery

  • created reference approved 涂炭/塗炭 → 荼炭 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    涂炭 / 塗炭 tú​tàn

    荼炭 tú​tàn

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 涂炭/塗炭 · tú​tàn · extreme misery — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    涂炭 / 塗炭

    tú​tàn

    extreme misery

    (literary) mire and embers; extreme distress or the sufferings of the common people

    涂 (literal) → 涂/塗 · tú · mud 炭 (literal) → 炭 · tàn · disaster

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 涂炭/塗炭 · tú​tàn · to plunge into misery — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    涂炭 / 塗炭

    tú​tàn

    to plunge into misery

    to cause extreme suffering; to ruin or destroy a people's livelihood

    涂 (literal) → 涂/塗 · tú · to smear 炭 (literal) → 炭 · tàn · disaster

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense