生靈塗炭

Chinese

		the people; the citizenry; living thing the people; the citizenry; living thing; creature	to be in mud and coal; mire and charcoal ashes; filthy place
trad. (生靈塗炭)		生靈	塗炭
simp. (生灵涂炭)		生灵	涂炭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnglíngtútàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sang¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ taan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnglíngtútàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shenglíngtútàn
  - Wade–Giles: shêng¹-ling²-tʻu²-tʻan⁴
  - Yale: shēng-líng-tú-tàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenglingtwutann
  - Palladius: шэнлинтутань (šɛnlintutanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵ tʰu³⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sang¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ taan³
  - Yale: sāng lìhng tòuh taan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sang¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ taan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seng¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ tan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐŋ⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹ tʰou̯²¹ tʰaːn³³/

Idiom

生靈塗炭

the people are living in extreme suffering and misery

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