生靈塗炭 [－灵涂－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    大量​嘅​生命​受到​殘害
    Disaster for living souls, i.e., event resulting in mass death.
    • 黑死病喺中世紀嘅歐洲 搞到生靈塗炭。
      黑死病喺中世纪嘅欧洲 搞到生灵涂炭。
      yue:黑死病喺中世紀嘅歐洲 搞到生靈塗炭。
      Black Death caused a great amount of death in medieval Europe.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    the people are living in extreme suffering and misery
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    黑死病喺中世纪嘅欧洲 搞到生灵涂炭。
    黑死病喺中世紀嘅歐洲 搞到生靈塗炭。
    yue:黑死病喺中世紀嘅歐洲 搞到生靈塗炭。
    • Black Death caused a great amount of death in medieval Europe.