生靈塗炭 in Chinese

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{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "塗炭生靈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "涂炭生灵"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "生灵涂炭",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "生靈塗炭",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
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          "source": "w"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the people are living in extreme suffering and misery"
      ],
      "id": "en-生靈塗炭-zh-phrase-EJUIZUku",
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "extreme",
          "extreme"
        ],
        [
          "suffering",
          "suffering"
        ],
        [
          "misery",
          "misery"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnglíngtútàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sang¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ taan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnglíngtútàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenglíngtútàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shêng¹-ling²-tʻu²-tʻan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēng-líng-tú-tàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenglingtwutann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šɛnlintutanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шэнлинтутань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵ tʰu³⁵ tʰän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sang¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ taan³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sāng lìhng tòuh taan"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sang¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ taan³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seng¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ tan³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹ tʰou̯²¹ tʰaːn³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "生靈塗炭"
}

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{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "塗炭生靈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "涂炭生灵"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "生灵涂炭",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "生靈塗炭",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 塗",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 炭",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 生",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 靈",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the people are living in extreme suffering and misery"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "extreme",
          "extreme"
        ],
        [
          "suffering",
          "suffering"
        ],
        [
          "misery",
          "misery"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnglíngtútàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sang¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ taan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēnglíngtútàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenglíngtútàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shêng¹-ling²-tʻu²-tʻan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shēng-líng-tú-tàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shenglingtwutann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šɛnlintutanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шэнлинтутань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵ tʰu³⁵ tʰän⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sang¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ taan³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sāng lìhng tòuh taan"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sang¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ taan³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "seng¹ ling⁴ tou⁴ tan³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɐŋ⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹ tʰou̯²¹ tʰaːn³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "生靈塗炭"
}

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"生靈塗炭" meaning in Chinese

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