shēng líng tú tàn

Traditional: 生靈塗炭

生灵涂炭 (shēng líng tú tàn) is a Chinese word meaning “people are in a terrible situation (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1people are in a terrible situation (idiom)

Characters in 生灵涂炭

生shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born灵líng · quick涂tú · to apply (paint etc)炭tàn · wood charcoal

Related words

先生teacher发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out生活to live医生doctor; medical practitioner生命life (as the characteristic of living beings)生to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born生气to get angry; to be furious生日birthday生意life force生意business学生student人生life (one's time on earth)

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