水深火熱 [－－－热]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. deep water and scorching fire
  2. abyss of suffering (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    形容​狀況​好​差​，​好似​身處​深水​入面​或​熱火​之中​一樣​咁​慘
    to plunge into an abyss of suffering; to live in great misery; literally: deep water and hot fire
    • 抗日時期，生活喺水深火熱之中，有時連飯都冇得食㗎。
      抗日时期，生活喺水深火热之中，有时连饭都冇得食㗎。
      kong3 jat6 si4 kei4, sang1 wut6 hai2 seoi2 sam1 fo2 jit6 zi1 zung1, jau5 si4 lin4 faan6 dou1 mou5 dak1 sik6 gaa3.
      In the period we fought against the Japanese, we suffered so much that sometimes we did not even have food.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to be in deep distress; to live with great misery and hardship
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    抗日时期，生活喺水深火热之中，有时连饭都冇得食㗎。
    抗日時期，生活喺水深火熱之中，有時連飯都冇得食㗎。
    kong3 jat6 si4 kei4, sang1 wut6 hai2 seoi2 sam1 fo2 jit6 zi1 zung1, jau5 si4 lin4 faan6 dou1 mou5 dak1 sik6 gaa3.
    • In the period we fought against the Japanese, we suffered so much that sometimes we did not even have food.