生靈塗炭
shēng​líng​tú​tàn

plunged into misery

  • created reference approved 生灵涂炭/生靈塗炭 → 水深火热/水深火熱 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    生灵涂炭 / 生靈塗炭 shēng​líng​tú​tàn

    水深火热 / 水深火熱 shuǐ​shēn​huǒ​rè

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 生灵涂炭/生靈塗炭 · shēng​líng​tú​tàn · plunged into misery — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    生灵涂炭 / 生靈塗炭

    shēng​líng​tú​tàn

    plunged into misery

    (idiom) people are plunged into an abyss of misery; describes the populace suffering extreme hardship, especially during times of war or social chaos

    生灵 (literal) → 生灵/生靈 · shēng​líng · the people 涂炭 (literal) → 涂炭/塗炭 · tú​tàn · extreme misery

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

    created sense