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生灵涂炭
shēng líng tú tàn
What 生灵涂炭 means
- people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
The characters in 生灵涂炭
- 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
- 灵língquick; alert; efficacious
- 涂túto apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub
- 炭tànwood charcoal; coal
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