荼炭 tútàn utter misery Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents tútàn utter misery 荼 tú bitter vegetable (bound form) a bitter edible plant such as the common sowthistle; a symbol of bitterness or hardship炭 tàn disaster charcoal fire, used figuratively to refer to extreme misery or disastertútàn to plunge into misery 荼 tú to maltreat (literary) to cause suffering to; to poison the lives of people炭 tàn disaster charcoal fire, used figuratively to refer to extreme misery or disaster