生靈塗炭

Chinese

		to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	alert; departed soul; efficacious alert; departed soul; efficacious; quick; effective; intelligence	to smear; daub	charcoal
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)⁺
  - Pinyin: shēnglíngtútàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenglingtwutann
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shenglíngtútàn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵ tʰu³⁵ tʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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 tʰäːn³³/

Idiom

生靈塗炭

the people are living in extreme suffering and misery

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